Jury Pool Profile
Carter County, Missouri
Republican +74 (2024)
- Population
- 5,269
- Median household income
- $45,083
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,902 93.0%
- Black or African American alone 33 0.6%
- Asian alone 3 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 2 0.0%
- Two or more races 329 6.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 108 2.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.6
- Under 18 1,276 24.2%
- 18–24 425 8.1%
- 25–44 1,186 22.5%
- 45–64 1,321 25.1%
- 65 and over 1,061 20.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +0.75 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $162.8M
- 0.04% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $36,121
- Establishments
- 252
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 524 35.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 261 17.7%
- Manufacturing 196 13.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 194 13.2%
- Construction 83 5.6%
- Public administration 74 5.0%
- Financial activities 66 4.5%
- Natural resources & mining 11 0.7%
- Information 5 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 64.1%
- Median gross rent
- $661
- Owner-occupied
- 1,259
- Renter-occupied
- 706
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,862 votes cast
- Republican 2,488 86.9%
- Democratic 364 12.7%
- Other / third-party 10 0.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 88 1.8%
- French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,965
- Family households
- 1,232
- 62.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 753
- Single-mother households
- 278
- Veterans
- 470
- 11.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
43.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 1,926 37.0%
- Mainline Protestant 174 3.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 125 2.4%
- Catholic 52 1.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 85.8%
- With a disability
- 26.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 13.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 37th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Alton, Eminence, Van Buren, West Plains
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 25.04 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023