Jury Pool Profile

Woodford County, Illinois

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 38,348
Median household income: $85,629
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,417 95.0%
Black or African American alone 242 0.6%
Asian alone 191 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 152 0.4%
Two or more races 1,328 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 765 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 9,208 24.0%
18–24 3,236 8.4%
25–44 8,783 22.9%
45–64 9,928 25.9%
65 and over 7,193 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,993
Establishments: 803

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,947 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,254 19.7%
Manufacturing 1,846 16.2%
Construction 1,070 9.4%
Leisure & hospitality 902 7.9%
Professional & business services 806 7.1%
Public administration 465 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 346 3.0%
Financial activities 312 2.7%
Other services 298 2.6%
Information 132 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.5%
Median gross rent: $907
Owner-occupied: 12,284
Renter-occupied: 2,420

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,113 votes cast

Republican 14,837 70.3%
Democratic 5,958 28.2%
Other / third-party 318 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 324 0.9%
German 135 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.2%
Korean 44 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 38 0.1%
Slavic languages 24 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.0%
Other 11 0.0%
Chinese 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,704
Family households: 10,244; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,811
Single-mother households: 572
Veterans: 1,802; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,903 17.9%
Mainline Protestant 4,112 10.7%
Catholic 2,811 7.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Bloomington, Eureka, Lincoln, Paxton, Pontiac

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 34.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023