Jury Pool Profile

Whiteside County, Illinois

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 55,192
Median household income: $64,536
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,497 87.9%
Black or African American alone 592 1.1%
Asian alone 280 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 122 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,206 2.2%
Two or more races 4,490 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,212 13.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 12,153 22.0%
18–24 4,219 7.6%
25–44 12,246 22.2%
45–64 14,747 26.7%
65 and over 11,827 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,164
Establishments: 1,185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,914 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,749 22.4%
Manufacturing 3,442 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,067 9.8%
Professional & business services 1,660 7.8%
Public administration 882 4.2%
Construction 862 4.1%
Financial activities 638 3.0%
Other services 448 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 255 1.2%
Information 62 0.3%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.5%
Median gross rent: $808
Owner-occupied: 17,519
Renter-occupied: 5,696

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,429 votes cast

Republican 14,898 56.4%
Democratic 11,012 41.7%
Other / third-party 519 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,943 5.6%
German 239 0.5%
Other 162 0.3%
Other Indo-European 156 0.3%
Slavic languages 150 0.3%
Tagalog 142 0.3%
Arabic 94 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.1%
Chinese 33 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,215
Family households: 14,143; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 10,238
Single-mother households: 1,605
Veterans: 3,542; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,314 25.7%
Evangelical Protestant 10,888 19.6%
Mainline Protestant 9,306 16.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 491 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Aledo, Cambridge, Morrison, Rock Island

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 16.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023