Jury Pool Profile
Will County, Illinois
- County seat
- Joliet
- Judicial district
- 12th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 712,253
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 701,462.
At a glance
Will County is a 712,253-person venue. The county population is 62% White and 12% Black (Census race-alone categories). 20% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $109,888, $26,561 above the IL state median of $83,327; 37.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (3.0%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 33.5% of covered employment, average pay $61,285/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.83%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 53% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 701,462
- Median household income
- $109,984
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 62% / 12%.
Will County has a population of 701,462, with a median age of 39.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 62.3%; Black residents 11.8%. Independently, 19.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $109,888; 37.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 33% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 33.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.83%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 51%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Will County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 50.1% in 2024, 53.1% in 2020, 50.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
22.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.8% of the adult civilian population (25,531 individuals).