Jury Pool Profile

Chariton County, Missouri

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 7,406
Median household income: $63,307
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,914 93.4%
Black or African American alone 199 2.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 73 1.0%
Two or more races 208 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.2

Under 18 1,716 23.2%
18–24 518 7.0%
25–44 1,448 19.6%
45–64 1,873 25.3%
65 and over 1,851 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $379.5M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,334
Establishments: 266

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 501 27.3%
Education & health services 498 27.1%
Public administration 164 8.9%
Financial activities 154 8.4%
Construction 117 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 109 5.9%
Manufacturing 80 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 69 3.8%
Professional & business services 67 3.6%
Other services 48 2.6%
Information 31 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $540
Owner-occupied: 2,148
Renter-occupied: 507

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,088 votes cast

Republican 3,179 77.8%
Democratic 875 21.4%
Other / third-party 34 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

German 100 1.4%
Spanish 48 0.7%
Other Indo-European 30 0.4%
Slavic languages 13 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,655
Family households: 1,838; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,600
Single-mother households: 85
Veterans: 528; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,756 23.7%
Catholic 1,737 23.4%
Mainline Protestant 801 10.8%
Black Protestant 228 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Keytesville, Linneus, Milan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 35.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023