Jury Pool Profile

Cass County, Missouri

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 109,393
Median household income: $87,413
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 93,594 85.6%
Black or African American alone 4,970 4.5%
Asian alone 773 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 259 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 118 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,050 1.9%
Two or more races 7,629 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,828 5.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 25,937 23.7%
18–24 8,253 7.5%
25–44 27,202 24.9%
45–64 28,893 26.4%
65 and over 19,108 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.3B; 0.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,331
Establishments: 2,542

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 10,121 33.0%
Education & health services 6,727 21.9%
Leisure & hospitality 4,101 13.4%
Construction 2,325 7.6%
Manufacturing 1,971 6.4%
Professional & business services 1,842 6.0%
Public administration 1,308 4.3%
Financial activities 846 2.8%
Other services 783 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 457 1.5%
Information 174 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $1,147
Owner-occupied: 32,111
Renter-occupied: 10,200

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 59,327 votes cast

Republican 38,792 65.4%
Democratic 19,753 33.3%
Other / third-party 782 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,980 1.9%
German 319 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 238 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 238 0.2%
Tagalog 156 0.2%
Other 116 0.1%
Slavic languages 111 0.1%
Other Indo-European 105 0.1%
Chinese 84 0.1%
Korean 79 0.1%
Arabic 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 42,311
Family households: 30,753; 72.7% of households
Married w/ children: 23,873
Single-mother households: 2,633
Veterans: 7,072; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,840 20.3%
Catholic 4,831 4.5%
Mainline Protestant 4,673 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,141 1.1%
Black Protestant 330 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Harrisonville, Warrensburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 17.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023