Jury Pool Profile

Clark County, Missouri

Republican +61.6 (2024)

County seat: Kahoka
Judicial district: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 6,475; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,675.

At a glance

Clark County is a 6,475-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $59,565, $12,018 below the MO state median of $71,583; 14.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.5% of covered employment, average pay $39,588/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.13%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 80% of the vote across the three.

Population: 6,675
Median household income: $51,781
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 2%.

Clark County has a population of 6,675, with a median age of 43.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.9%; Black residents 1.9%.

The median household earns $59,565; 14.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 6,334 94.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 65 1.0%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 127 1.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 143 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 1,595 23.9%
18–24 422 6.3%
25–44 1,425 21.3%
45–64 1,782 26.7%
65 and over 1,451 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $59,565; 90% interval $52,608–$66,522; −$12,018 vs MO · 65th of 115
Below poverty line: 13.7%; 90% interval 10.4%–17.0%; +1.5 pp vs MO · 62nd of 115

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 366 jobs; Education & health services, 359, is within 20% of it.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 26.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 26.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.13%, above the Missouri state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $201.0M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $37,644
Establishments: 179

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 366 26.5%
Education & health services 359 26.0%
Manufacturing 127 9.2%
Public administration 120 8.7%
Leisure & hospitality 105 7.6%
Construction 77 5.6%
Financial activities 76 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 54 3.9%
Information 11 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 93.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 78.3%; +10.2 pp vs MO · 32nd of 115
Median gross rent: $612; −$421 vs MO · 107th of 115
Owner-occupied: 1,896
Renter-occupied: 527

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Moderate wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $52,736/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,501/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clark County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.4% in 2024, 78.7% in 2020, 74.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,333 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 2,679 80.4%
Democratic 628 18.8%
Other / third-party 26 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

1.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (404 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 47 0.7%
German or other West Germanic 36 0.6%
Korean 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 2,423
Family households: 1,560; 64.4% of households
Married couples w/ children: 519; 33.3% of families
Single-mother families: 32; 2.1% of families
Veterans: 404; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

34.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,137 17.1%
Mainline Protestant 949 14.3%
Catholic 208 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%; ±3 pp
Uninsured: 10.9%; ±3 pp; 46th of 115
With a disability: 13.4%; ±2.3 pp; 100th of 115
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%; ±2.7 pp; −17.5 pp vs MO · 96th of 115
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 10.5%; 90% interval 9.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Kahoka, Lancaster, Memphis

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Clark totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 3; 59.06 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	74.1%	21.8%
2020	78.7%	20.0%
2024	80.4%	18.8%