Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Illinois

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 13,682
Median household income: $75,652
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,078 95.6%
Black or African American alone 106 0.8%
Asian alone 33 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 42 0.3%
Two or more races 410 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 216 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 2,872 21.0%
18–24 967 7.1%
25–44 3,126 22.8%
45–64 3,807 27.8%
65 and over 2,910 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -1.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,403
Establishments: 401

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,077 33.9%
Education & health services 617 10.1%
Professional & business services 532 8.7%
Leisure & hospitality 401 6.5%
Construction 372 6.1%
Public administration 283 4.6%
Financial activities 175 2.9%
Other services 85 1.4%
Information 10 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.2%
Median gross rent: $776
Owner-occupied: 4,645
Renter-occupied: 1,077

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,561 votes cast

Republican 5,892 77.9%
Democratic 1,564 20.7%
Other / third-party 105 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 116 0.9%
Slavic languages 68 0.5%
German 53 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.2%
Korean 23 0.2%
Other 7 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,722
Family households: 3,812; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,072
Single-mother households: 259
Veterans: 988; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,588 26.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,305 16.8%
Catholic 2,075 15.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.7%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Chester, Nashville, Pinckneyville, Waterloo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 27.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023