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Bollinger County, Missouri

Republican +74.8 (2024)
County seat
Marble Hill
Judicial district
32nd Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
10,646
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,559.

At a glance

Bollinger County is a 10,646-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,175, $6,408 below the MO state median of $71,583; 13.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 35.9% of covered employment, average pay $37,593/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.54%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 85% to 87% of the vote across the three.

Population
10,559
Median household income
$63,814
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.

Bollinger County has a population of 10,559, with a median age of 44.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.8%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 1.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,175; 13.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 9,893 93.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 175 1.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 89 0.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 343 3.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 51 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

  • Under 18 2,296 21.7%
  • 18–24 703 6.7%
  • 25–44 2,303 21.8%
  • 45–64 3,025 28.6%
  • 65 and over 2,232 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,175
90% interval $59,197–$71,153
−$6,408 vs MO · 39th of 115
Below poverty line
14.5%
90% interval 11.1%–17.9%
+2.3 pp vs MO · 50th of 115

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 646 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 555, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 35.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 30.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.54%, below the Missouri state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
−0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP
$235.5M
0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$43,631
Establishments
252

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 646 35.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 555 30.9%
  • Public administration 112 6.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 92 5.1%
  • Professional & business services 81 4.5%
  • Other services 49 2.7%
  • Construction 11 0.6%
  • Information 3 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 86.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.3%
+14.2 pp vs MO · 11th of 115
Median gross rent
$694
−$339 vs MO · 77th of 115
Owner-occupied
3,243
Renter-occupied
698

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $53,045/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,349/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 86%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Bollinger County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 87.1% in 2024, 86.4% in 2020, 85.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,161 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201685.1%12.4%
202086.4%12.5%
202487.1%12.3%
  • Republican 5,365 87.1%
  • Democratic 756 12.3%
  • Other / third-party 40 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

0.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.9% of the adult civilian population (650 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

99.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 25 0.3%
  • Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
3,941
Family households
2,840
72.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
665
23.4% of families
Single-mother families
218
7.7% of families
Veterans
650
7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,504 23.7%
  • Catholic 1,198 11.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 733 6.9%
  • Black Protestant 100 0.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.7%
±1.6 pp
Uninsured
7.3%
±1.6 pp
99th of 115
With a disability
19.4%
±2.5 pp
33rd of 115
Bachelor's or higher
13.9%
±2.8 pp
−18.5 pp vs MO · 104th of 115
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.2%
90% interval 10.0%–12.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
32nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats
Jackson, Marble Hill, Perryville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Bollinger totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 8 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
8
96.82 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Bollinger County, Missouri to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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