Jury Pool Profile
Benton County, Missouri
Republican +59 (2024)
- Population
- 19,887
- Median household income
- $52,200
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 18,524 93.1%
- Black or African American alone 178 0.9%
- Asian alone 29 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
- Some other race alone 122 0.6%
- Two or more races 875 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 377 1.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 54.4
- Under 18 3,410 17.1%
- 18–24 1,098 5.5%
- 25–44 3,317 16.7%
- 45–64 5,879 29.6%
- 65 and over 6,183 31.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.5%
- +1.52 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $613.0M
- 0.14% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $38,196
- Establishments
- 556
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,228 32.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 869 23.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 518 13.9%
- Manufacturing 248 6.6%
- Construction 205 5.5%
- Public administration 203 5.4%
- Financial activities 160 4.3%
- Professional & business services 147 3.9%
- Other services 90 2.4%
- Natural resources & mining 47 1.3%
- Information 19 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 83.7%
- Median gross rent
- $823
- Owner-occupied
- 6,837
- Renter-occupied
- 1,329
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,769 votes cast
- Republican 8,526 79.2%
- Democratic 2,166 20.1%
- Other / third-party 77 0.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.7% speak only English at home
- German 133 0.7%
- Spanish 95 0.5%
- Tagalog 13 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 8,166
- Family households
- 5,262
- 64.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,305
- Single-mother households
- 337
- Veterans
- 2,084
- 12.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
46.7% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 7,110 36.7%
- Mainline Protestant 1,533 7.9%
- Catholic 250 1.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 160 0.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.4%
- With a disability
- 24.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 24.28 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023