Jury Pool Profile

Will County, Illinois

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 698,450
Median household income: $107,799
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 454,217 65.0%
Black or African American alone 82,371 11.8%
Asian alone 42,670 6.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,083 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 47 0.0%
Some other race alone 48,363 6.9%
Two or more races 67,699 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 134,835 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 167,605 24.0%
18–24 63,284 9.1%
25–44 178,201 25.5%
45–64 190,930 27.3%
65 and over 98,430 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $50.3B; 4.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,570
Establishments: 15,924

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 88,142 33.4%
Education & health services 52,621 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 27,567 10.5%
Professional & business services 27,079 10.3%
Manufacturing 23,887 9.1%
Construction 15,074 5.7%
Other services 10,829 4.1%
Public administration 7,147 2.7%
Financial activities 6,293 2.4%
Information 1,953 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 615 0.2%
Unclassified 49 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.5%
Median gross rent: $1,413
Owner-occupied: 199,128
Renter-occupied: 42,182

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 324,971 votes cast

Democratic 162,874 50.1%
Republican 157,672 48.5%
Other / third-party 4,425 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 85,318 12.9%
Other Indo-European 16,779 2.5%
Slavic languages 12,411 1.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 7,199 1.1%
Tagalog 5,001 0.8%
Other 4,098 0.6%
Chinese 4,015 0.6%
Arabic 4,011 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,567 0.2%
German 1,243 0.2%
Vietnamese 943 0.1%
Korean 922 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 241,310
Family households: 179,954; 74.6% of households
Married w/ children: 141,383
Single-mother households: 13,432
Veterans: 25,760; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 172,528 24.8%
Evangelical Protestant 72,127 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 28,267 4.1%
Mainline Protestant 20,184 2.9%
Black Protestant 5,600 0.8%
Orthodox 1,921 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 9.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 15 (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: Joliet

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 42; 7.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023