Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Illinois

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 15,994
Median household income: $53,107
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,362 96.0%
Black or African American alone 52 0.3%
Asian alone 86 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 163 1.0%
Two or more races 331 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 259 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 3,609 22.6%
18–24 1,101 6.9%
25–44 3,640 22.8%
45–64 4,136 25.9%
65 and over 3,508 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $679.4M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,917
Establishments: 379

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,593 39.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,032 25.4%
Leisure & hospitality 370 9.1%
Public administration 225 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 187 4.6%
Financial activities 156 3.8%
Manufacturing 106 2.6%
Construction 84 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $632
Owner-occupied: 5,410
Renter-occupied: 1,443

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,267 votes cast

Republican 7,019 84.9%
Democratic 1,155 14.0%
Other / third-party 93 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

German 558 3.7%
Spanish 236 1.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.2%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,853
Family households: 4,393; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,564
Single-mother households: 314
Veterans: 807; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,765 48.0%
Mainline Protestant 740 4.6%
Black Protestant 200 1.2%
Catholic 120 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

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: 4; 32.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023