Jury Pool Profile

Williamson County, Illinois

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 66,902
Median household income: $65,521
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,702 89.2%
Black or African American alone 2,333 3.5%
Asian alone 1,043 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 310 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 226 0.3%
Two or more races 3,288 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,881 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 14,415 21.5%
18–24 4,456 6.7%
25–44 17,565 26.3%
45–64 17,357 25.9%
65 and over 13,109 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.0B; 0.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,081
Establishments: 1,404

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,911 31.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,051 17.7%
Manufacturing 3,487 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,481 12.2%
Financial activities 1,725 6.1%
Professional & business services 1,725 6.1%
Public administration 1,683 5.9%
Construction 1,046 3.7%
Other services 599 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 426 1.5%
Information 272 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.1%
Median gross rent: $897
Owner-occupied: 20,467
Renter-occupied: 8,307

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,998 votes cast

Republican 22,686 68.7%
Democratic 9,890 30.0%
Other / third-party 422 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 867 1.4%
Other Indo-European 287 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 265 0.4%
Chinese 247 0.4%
Tagalog 150 0.2%
German 87 0.1%
Vietnamese 69 0.1%
Slavic languages 68 0.1%
Other 65 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 64 0.1%
Arabic 29 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 28,774
Family households: 18,254; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 13,605
Single-mother households: 1,870
Veterans: 4,557; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,913 23.7%
Catholic 4,394 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,492 5.2%
Black Protestant 402 0.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 364 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 9.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023