Jury Pool Profile

Christian County, Missouri

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 91,229
Median household income: $81,245
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 84,186 92.3%
Black or African American alone 714 0.8%
Asian alone 759 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 293 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 160 0.2%
Some other race alone 957 1.0%
Two or more races 4,160 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,264 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 23,059 25.3%
18–24 6,345 7.0%
25–44 24,200 26.5%
45–64 22,750 24.9%
65 and over 14,875 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,911
Establishments: 2,368

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,935 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,422 21.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,946 14.2%
Construction 2,263 10.9%
Professional & business services 1,759 8.5%
Manufacturing 1,498 7.2%
Public administration 994 4.8%
Financial activities 862 4.2%
Other services 636 3.1%
Information 245 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 120 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.0%
Median gross rent: $979
Owner-occupied: 26,030
Renter-occupied: 8,226

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 50,770 votes cast

Republican 38,379 75.6%
Democratic 11,850 23.3%
Other / third-party 541 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,840 2.1%
Slavic languages 1,007 1.2%
Other Indo-European 369 0.4%
Vietnamese 236 0.3%
German 185 0.2%
Korean 151 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 101 0.1%
Other 65 0.1%
Tagalog 33 0.0%
Chinese 27 0.0%
Arabic 24 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,256
Family households: 25,660; 74.9% of households
Married w/ children: 21,246
Single-mother households: 1,555
Veterans: 5,418; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 54,137 60.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,063 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,142 2.4%
Catholic 1,305 1.5%
Black Protestant 176 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Ozark

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 4.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023