Jury Pool Profile

Callaway County, Missouri

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 44,541
Median household income: $72,645
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,779 89.3%
Black or African American alone 1,520 3.4%
Asian alone 128 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 222 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 259 0.6%
Two or more races 2,633 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,044 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 9,281 20.8%
18–24 4,270 9.6%
25–44 11,690 26.2%
45–64 11,567 26.0%
65 and over 7,733 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.6% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,776
Establishments: 936

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,017 26.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,640 24.4%
Manufacturing 2,365 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,117 7.5%
Public administration 905 6.1%
Professional & business services 891 6.0%
Construction 813 5.5%
Financial activities 594 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 248 1.7%
Other services 244 1.6%
Information 82 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $850
Owner-occupied: 12,370
Renter-occupied: 3,833

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,447 votes cast

Republican 15,206 70.9%
Democratic 5,926 27.6%
Other / third-party 315 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 340 0.8%
German 107 0.3%
Other 53 0.1%
Other Indo-European 44 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.1%
Slavic languages 23 0.1%
Chinese 20 0.0%
Korean 14 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,203
Family households: 11,106; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 8,280
Single-mother households: 866
Veterans: 2,816; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,664 17.3%
Mainline Protestant 2,596 5.9%
Catholic 1,670 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,003 2.3%
Black Protestant 378 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Columbia, Fulton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 11.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023