Jury Pool Profile

Butler County, Missouri

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 42,166
Median household income: $49,213
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,839 87.4%
Black or African American alone 1,943 4.6%
Asian alone 295 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 89 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.1%
Some other race alone 498 1.2%
Two or more races 2,471 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 994 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 9,807 23.3%
18–24 3,360 8.0%
25–44 9,971 23.6%
45–64 10,905 25.9%
65 and over 8,123 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,285
Establishments: 1,544

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,327 34.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,938 21.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,056 11.3%
Manufacturing 1,842 10.2%
Professional & business services 1,132 6.2%
Public administration 883 4.9%
Financial activities 753 4.2%
Construction 580 3.2%
Other services 338 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 163 0.9%
Information 121 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.0%
Median gross rent: $768
Owner-occupied: 10,717
Renter-occupied: 5,773

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,859 votes cast

Republican 14,549 81.5%
Democratic 3,160 17.7%
Other / third-party 150 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 482 1.2%
German 209 0.5%
Tagalog 105 0.3%
Vietnamese 47 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 39 0.1%
Korean 33 0.1%
Slavic languages 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,490
Family households: 9,997; 60.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,078
Single-mother households: 1,085
Veterans: 3,246; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,362 29.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,522 3.6%
Catholic 1,292 3.1%
Black Protestant 810 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 753 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 23.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Doniphan, Poplar Bluff

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 27.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023