Jury Pool Profile

Barry County, Missouri

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 34,831
Median household income: $56,611
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,530 81.9%
Black or African American alone 92 0.3%
Asian alone 652 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 380 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 280 0.8%
Some other race alone 1,229 3.5%
Two or more races 3,668 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,473 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 7,959 22.9%
18–24 2,434 7.0%
25–44 7,805 22.4%
45–64 9,017 25.9%
65 and over 7,616 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,851
Establishments: 955

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,703 35.7%
Education & health services 2,335 17.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,230 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,047 7.9%
Professional & business services 966 7.3%
Construction 440 3.3%
Other services 371 2.8%
Public administration 368 2.8%
Financial activities 339 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 260 2.0%
Information 127 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $750
Owner-occupied: 10,007
Renter-occupied: 3,353

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,160 votes cast

Republican 13,138 81.3%
Democratic 2,873 17.8%
Other / third-party 149 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,070 6.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 570 1.7%
German 119 0.4%
Korean 88 0.3%
Other Indo-European 29 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Other 18 0.1%
Slavic languages 10 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,360
Family households: 9,345; 69.9% of households
Married w/ children: 7,429
Single-mother households: 591
Veterans: 2,409; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,021 37.7%
Catholic 3,144 9.1%
Mainline Protestant 834 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 792 2.3%
Black Protestant 156 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 39th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Cassville, Galena, Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 70.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023