Jury Pool Profile

Wabash County, Illinois

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 11,199
Median household income: $53,650
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,521 93.9%
Black or African American alone 117 1.0%
Asian alone 143 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 44 0.4%
Two or more races 369 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 208 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 2,438 21.8%
18–24 965 8.6%
25–44 2,440 21.8%
45–64 2,893 25.8%
65 and over 2,463 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.74 pp vs. state
County GDP: $451.0M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,640
Establishments: 276

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,422 42.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 653 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 219 6.5%
Financial activities 206 6.1%
Construction 189 5.6%
Natural resources & mining 186 5.5%
Public administration 157 4.7%
Professional & business services 123 3.6%
Manufacturing 112 3.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 3,606
Renter-occupied: 1,178

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,377 votes cast

Republican 4,095 76.2%
Democratic 1,200 22.3%
Other / third-party 82 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 166 1.6%
Korean 117 1.1%
German 9 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
Vietnamese 6 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,784
Family households: 2,971; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,161
Single-mother households: 324
Veterans: 763; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,209 28.2%
Catholic 1,284 11.3%
Mainline Protestant 904 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 22.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023