Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Missouri

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 255,566
Median household income: $86,150
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 204,665 80.1%
Black or African American alone 17,320 6.8%
Asian alone 6,252 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 823 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 903 0.4%
Some other race alone 6,803 2.7%
Two or more races 18,800 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,687 7.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.6

Under 18 60,815 23.8%
18–24 20,003 7.8%
25–44 73,046 28.6%
45–64 63,641 24.9%
65 and over 38,061 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $17.3B; 3.86% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,093
Establishments: 6,664

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 28,266 25.3%
Education & health services 23,143 20.7%
Manufacturing 16,391 14.7%
Leisure & hospitality 14,023 12.5%
Professional & business services 13,517 12.1%
Construction 5,317 4.8%
Financial activities 4,278 3.8%
Other services 3,096 2.8%
Public administration 2,915 2.6%
Information 622 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 287 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.9%
Median gross rent: $1,220
Owner-occupied: 69,570
Renter-occupied: 31,438

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 130,063 votes cast

Republican 67,688 52.0%
Democratic 60,345 46.4%
Other / third-party 2,030 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,744 3.2%
Other Indo-European 1,957 0.8%
Other 1,732 0.7%
Vietnamese 1,648 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,496 0.6%
Arabic 1,265 0.5%
Slavic languages 484 0.2%
Chinese 479 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 402 0.2%
German 386 0.2%
Tagalog 325 0.1%
Korean 109 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 101,008
Family households: 67,078; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 50,442
Single-mother households: 6,734
Veterans: 14,406; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 45,244 17.9%
Mainline Protestant 22,544 8.9%
Catholic 19,600 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,257 4.8%
Black Protestant 360 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Liberty

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 9.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023