Jury Pool Profile

Vermilion County, Illinois

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 73,179
Median household income: $54,537
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 57,768 78.9%
Black or African American alone 10,827 14.8%
Asian alone 633 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 92 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 729 1.0%
Two or more races 3,130 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,968 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 17,200 23.5%
18–24 5,717 7.8%
25–44 17,288 23.6%
45–64 18,273 25.0%
65 and over 14,701 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.2B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,579
Establishments: 1,313

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,792 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,529 25.4%
Manufacturing 4,038 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,453 9.5%
Financial activities 1,307 5.1%
Professional & business services 1,307 5.1%
Public administration 1,232 4.8%
Other services 790 3.1%
Construction 584 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 198 0.8%
Information 140 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $802
Owner-occupied: 20,899
Renter-occupied: 9,286

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,509 votes cast

Republican 19,777 67.0%
Democratic 9,254 31.4%
Other / third-party 478 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,972 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 247 0.4%
Other Indo-European 212 0.3%
German 89 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 56 0.1%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
Korean 37 0.1%
Other 32 0.0%
Vietnamese 28 0.0%
Arabic 19 0.0%
Chinese 18 0.0%
Slavic languages 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,185
Family households: 17,516; 58.0% of households
Married w/ children: 12,113
Single-mother households: 2,475
Veterans: 4,018; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,267 20.6%
Mainline Protestant 5,427 7.3%
Catholic 2,451 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,682 2.3%
Black Protestant 850 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (Combined Circuit Judge + Associate Judge counts per circuit. Vintage 2024-2025; hand-sourced from per-circuit official court websites and the 2023-2024 Illinois Blue Book (ilsos.gov) judge roster, cross-referenced against the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts directory. Cook County total of ~400 reflects the Circuit Court of Cook County's combined elected Circuit Judges (~257) plus appointed Associate Judges (~145) — the largest unified trial court in the United States. Several smaller downstate circuits carry estimates (see source comments).)
Court seats: Charleston, Danville, Marshall, Paris, Toledo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 26.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023