Jury Pool Profile

Winnebago County, Illinois

Democratic +0 (2024)

Population: 283,289
Median household income: $64,363
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 195,682 69.1%
Black or African American alone 37,802 13.3%
Asian alone 8,079 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,437 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 100 0.0%
Some other race alone 14,262 5.0%
Two or more races 25,927 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42,452 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 66,750 23.6%
18–24 23,450 8.3%
25–44 69,328 24.5%
45–64 72,171 25.5%
65 and over 51,590 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.74 pp vs. state
County GDP: $18.8B; 1.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,400
Establishments: 5,870

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 33,160 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 27,960 22.1%
Manufacturing 22,458 17.8%
Leisure & hospitality 13,526 10.7%
Professional & business services 11,822 9.4%
Construction 4,584 3.6%
Financial activities 3,616 2.9%
Other services 3,571 2.8%
Public administration 3,523 2.8%
Information 1,091 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 147 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.2%
Median gross rent: $986
Owner-occupied: 75,319
Renter-occupied: 40,130

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 121,048 votes cast

Democratic 59,942 49.5%
Republican 59,257 49.0%
Other / third-party 1,849 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 26,220 9.9%
Slavic languages 2,243 0.8%
Other 2,134 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,071 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,977 0.7%
Arabic 1,349 0.5%
Tagalog 913 0.3%
Chinese 832 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 479 0.2%
German 399 0.2%
Vietnamese 386 0.1%
Korean 91 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 115,449
Family households: 72,337; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 50,108
Single-mother households: 9,620
Veterans: 13,950; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 68,043 23.8%
Evangelical Protestant 60,027 21.0%
Mainline Protestant 18,170 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,028 3.2%
Black Protestant 6,834 2.4%
Orthodox 620 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 27 (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: Belvidere, Rockford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 13.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 30

NHTSA FARS 2023