Jury Pool Profile

Buchanan County, Missouri

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 83,855
Median household income: $59,423
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 68,982 82.3%
Black or African American alone 4,812 5.7%
Asian alone 1,010 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 356 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 599 0.7%
Some other race alone 2,528 3.0%
Two or more races 5,568 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,901 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 18,764 22.4%
18–24 7,891 9.4%
25–44 21,702 25.9%
45–64 21,163 25.2%
65 and over 14,335 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.7B; 1.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,558
Establishments: 2,623

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 11,858 25.9%
Education & health services 10,745 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,022 19.7%
Leisure & hospitality 4,307 9.4%
Professional & business services 2,757 6.0%
Construction 2,412 5.3%
Public administration 2,015 4.4%
Financial activities 1,319 2.9%
Other services 960 2.1%
Information 411 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 34 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.9%
Median gross rent: $889
Owner-occupied: 21,674
Renter-occupied: 11,724

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,737 votes cast

Republican 22,606 63.3%
Democratic 12,598 35.3%
Other / third-party 533 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,021 3.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 337 0.4%
Chinese 254 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 246 0.3%
Other 241 0.3%
Other Indo-European 224 0.3%
Vietnamese 217 0.3%
Arabic 161 0.2%
German 86 0.1%
Slavic languages 38 0.0%
Tagalog 32 0.0%
Korean 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 33,398
Family households: 19,846; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 13,628
Single-mother households: 2,620
Veterans: 5,010; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,726 25.6%
Catholic 8,074 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 5,343 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,125 2.5%
Black Protestant 572 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Saint Joseph, Savannah

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 24.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023