Jury Pool Profile

Bates County, Missouri

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 16,121
Median household income: $57,914
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,018 93.2%
Black or African American alone 344 2.1%
Asian alone 64 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 65 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.1%
Some other race alone 50 0.3%
Two or more races 566 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 386 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 3,766 23.4%
18–24 1,204 7.5%
25–44 3,773 23.4%
45–64 4,277 26.5%
65 and over 3,101 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $626.5M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,876
Establishments: 466

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,207 32.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 867 23.6%
Leisure & hospitality 379 10.3%
Public administration 262 7.1%
Construction 252 6.9%
Professional & business services 217 5.9%
Financial activities 154 4.2%
Manufacturing 152 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 123 3.3%
Other services 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.3%
Median gross rent: $760
Owner-occupied: 4,322
Renter-occupied: 1,653

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,340 votes cast

Republican 6,702 80.4%
Democratic 1,563 18.7%
Other / third-party 75 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

German 246 1.6%
Spanish 72 0.5%
Slavic languages 33 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,975
Family households: 4,134; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,229
Single-mother households: 384
Veterans: 958; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,198 32.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,716 10.7%
Catholic 130 0.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Butler, Clinton, Osceola, Warsaw

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 56.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023