Jury Pool Profile

Adair County, Missouri

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 25,224
Median household income: $56,583
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,424 88.9%
Black or African American alone 1,059 4.2%
Asian alone 475 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 90 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 132 0.5%
Two or more races 1,034 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 721 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 29.8

Under 18 4,698 18.6%
18–24 6,494 25.7%
25–44 5,082 20.1%
45–64 5,127 20.3%
65 and over 3,823 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.83 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,054
Establishments: 748

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,636 37.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,911 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,191 12.3%
Manufacturing 1,101 11.4%
Construction 491 5.1%
Professional & business services 366 3.8%
Public administration 339 3.5%
Financial activities 286 3.0%
Other services 212 2.2%
Information 98 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 26 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.6%
Median gross rent: $782
Owner-occupied: 5,399
Renter-occupied: 3,512

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,234 votes cast

Republican 6,771 66.2%
Democratic 3,334 32.6%
Other / third-party 129 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 504 2.1%
Spanish 372 1.6%
German 192 0.8%
Other Indo-European 147 0.6%
Chinese 79 0.3%
Vietnamese 61 0.3%
Arabic 20 0.1%
Korean 15 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,911
Family households: 5,034; 56.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,117
Single-mother households: 454
Veterans: 931; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,731 22.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,344 9.3%
Catholic 1,288 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,083 4.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Edina, Kirksville, Monticello

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023