Jury Pool Profile
Boone County, Missouri
Democratic +10 (2024)
- Population
- 185,874
- Median household income
- $69,913
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 144,831 77.9%
- Black or African American alone 17,737 9.5%
- Asian alone 8,662 4.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 259 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 144 0.1%
- Some other race alone 2,592 1.4%
- Two or more races 11,649 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,134 4.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 32.2
- Under 18 37,772 20.3%
- 18–24 35,192 18.9%
- 25–44 50,004 26.9%
- 45–64 38,576 20.8%
- 65 and over 24,330 13.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.5%
- -0.48 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $13.9B
- 3.11% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $59,677
- Establishments
- 5,144
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 36,770 37.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 16,280 16.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 12,183 12.3%
- Professional & business services 9,640 9.8%
- Financial activities 7,426 7.5%
- Manufacturing 4,925 5.0%
- Construction 3,951 4.0%
- Public administration 3,535 3.6%
- Other services 2,402 2.4%
- Information 1,251 1.3%
- Natural resources & mining 295 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 58.1%
- Median gross rent
- $1,060
- Owner-occupied
- 43,636
- Renter-occupied
- 31,448
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Missouri | Education | 13,000 |
| 2 | MU Health Care | Healthcare | 8,000 |
| 3 | Veterans United Home Loans (HQ) | Financial Services | 3,500 |
| 4 | Columbia Public Schools | Education | 2,500 |
| 5 | Boone Health | Healthcare | 2,000 |
| 6 | City of Columbia | Government | 1,500 |
| 7 | 3M Columbia | Manufacturing | 1,000 |
| 8 | Hubbell Power Systems | Manufacturing | 500 |
| 9 | Stephens College | Education | 500 |
| 10 | Joe Machens Dealerships | Retail / Auto | 1,000 |
Source: Regional Economic Development Inc. (REDI) (2025)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 89,978 votes cast
- Democratic 48,452 53.8%
- Republican 39,673 44.1%
- Other / third-party 1,853 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 4,690 2.7%
- Chinese 2,290 1.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1,752 1.0%
- Other Indo-European 1,496 0.9%
- Other 1,175 0.7%
- Korean 1,024 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 963 0.5%
- Arabic 605 0.3%
- Vietnamese 550 0.3%
- German 329 0.2%
- Tagalog 310 0.2%
- Slavic languages 289 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 75,084
- Family households
- 42,034
- 56.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 32,051
- Single-mother households
- 4,598
- Veterans
- 7,866
- 5.3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
37.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 34,667 18.9%
- Catholic 12,601 6.9%
- Mainline Protestant 10,499 5.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,708 4.2%
- Black Protestant 2,366 1.3%
- Orthodox 170 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.7%
- With a disability
- 12.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 51.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 13th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 10 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Columbia, Fulton
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 26
- 17.56 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 22
NHTSA FARS 2023