Illinois Judicial Circuits
(Outside of Cook County)

The First Judicial Circuit Court includes 9 counties:

• Alexenander (Cairo, IL)

• Jackson (Murphysboro,IL)

• Johnson (Vienna,IL)

• Massac (Metropolis, IL)

• Pope (Golconda, IL)

• Pulaski (Mound City, IL)

• Saline (Harrisburg, IL)

• Union (Jonesboro,IL)

• Williamson (Marion, IL)

The Second Judicial District includes 12 counties:

• Crawford (Robinson, IL)

• Edwards (Albion, IL)

• Franklin (Benton, IL)

• Gallatin (Shawneetown, IL)

• Hamilton (McLeansboro, IL)

• Hardin (Elizabeth, IL)

• Jefferson (Mount Vernon, IL)

• Lawrence (Lawrenceville, IL)

• Richland (Olney, IL)

• Waash (Mr. Carmel, IL)

• Wayne (Fairfield, IL)

• White (Carmi, IL)

The Third Judicial Circuit includes 2 counties:

• Bond (Greenville, IL)

• Madison (Edwardsville, IL)

The Fourth Judicial Circuit includes 9 counties:

• Christian (Taylorville, IL)

• Clay (Louisville, IL)

• Clinton (Carlyle, IL)

• Effingham (Effingham, IL)

• Fayette (Vandalia, IL)

• Jasper (Newton, IL)

• Marion (Salem, IL)

• Montgomery (Hillsboro, IL)

• Shelby (Shelbyville, IL)

The Fifth Judicial Circuit includes 5 counties:

• Clark (Marshall, IL)

• Coles (Charleston, IL)

• Cumberland (Toledo, IL)

• Edgar (Paris, IL)

• Vermillion (Danville, IL)

The Sixth Judicial Circuit includes of 6 counties:

• Champaign (Urbana, IL)

• DeWitt (Clinton, IL)

• Douglas (Tuscola, IL)

• Macon (Decatur IL)

• Moultrie (Sullivan, IL)

• Piatt (Monticello, IL)

The Seventh Judicial Circuit includes 6 counties and 7 subcircuits:

• Greene / Subcircuit 5 (Carrolton, IL)

• Jersey / Subcircuit 7 (Jerseyville, IL)

• Macoupin / Subcircuit 6 (Carlinville, IL)

• Morgan / Subcircuit 3 (Jacksonville, IL)

• Sangamon / Subcircuit 1  & Subcircuit 2 (Springfield, IL)

• Scott / Subcircuit 4 (Winchester, IL)

The Eighth Judicial Circuit includes 8 counties:

• Adams (Quincy, IL)

• Brown (Mt. Sterling, IL)

• Calhoun (Hardin, IL)

• Cass (Virginia, IL)

• Mason (Havana, IL)

• Menard (Petersburg, IL)

• Pike (Pittsfield, IL)

• Schuyler (Rushville, IL)

The Ninth Judicial Circuit includes 6 counties:

• Fulton (Lewistown, IL)

• Hancock (Carthage, IL)

• Henderson (Oquawka, IL)

• Knox (Galesburg, IL)

• McDonough (Macomb, IL)

• Warren (Monmouth, IL)

The Tenth Judicial Circuit includes 5 counties:

• Marshall (Lacon, IL)

• Peoria (Peoria, IL)

• Putnam (Hennepin, IL)

• Stark (Toulon, IL)

• Tazewell (Pekin, IL)

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit includes 5 counties:

• Ford (Paxton, IL)

• Livingston (Pontiac, IL)

• Logan (Lincoln, IL)

• McLean (Bloomington, IL)

• Woodford (Eureka, IL)

The Twelfth Judicial Circuit includes 1 county that is divided into 5 subcircuits:

• Will (Joliet, IL)

The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit includes 3 counties:

• Bureau (Princeton, IL)

• Grundy (Morris, IL)

• LaSalle (Ottawa, IL)

The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit includes 4 counties:

• Henry (Cambridge, IL)

• Mercer (Aledo, IL)

• Rock Island (Rock Island, IL)

• Whiteside (Morrison, IL)

The Fifteenth Circuit  includes 5 counties:

• Carroll (Mt. Carroll, IL)

• Jo Daviess (Galena, IL)

• Lee (Dixon, IL)

• Ogle (Oregon, IL)

• Stephanson (Freeport, IL)

The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit includes 1 county  that is divided into 4 subcircuits:

• Kane (Geneva, IL and St. Charles, IL)

The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit includesj 2 counties and is divided into 2 subcircuits:

• Boone (Belvedere, IL)

• Winnebago (Rockford, IL)

The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit has 1 county that is divided into 7 subcircuits:

• DuPage (Wheaton, IL)

The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit has 1 county that is divided into 12 subcircuits:

• Lake (Waukegan, IL)

The Twentieth Judicial Circuit has 1 county:

• St. Clair (Belleville, IL)

The Twenty-first Judicial Circuit includes 2 counties:

• Irroquois (Watseka, IL)

• Kankakee (Kankakee, IL)

The Twenty-second Judicial Circuit has 1 county that is divided into 4 subcircuits:

• McHenry (Woodstock, IL)

The Twenty-third Judicial Circuit includes 2 counties:

• DeKalb (

• Kendall

The Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit includes 4 counties:

• Monroe (Waterloo, IL)

• Perry (Pinckneyville, IL)

• Randolph (Chester, IL)

• Washington (Nashville, IL)