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Jury Pool Profile

Clinton County, Missouri

Republican +47.9 (2024)
County seat
Plattsburg
Judicial district
43rd Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
21,661
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 21,414.

At a glance

Clinton County is a 21,661-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $78,703, $7,120 above the MO state median of $71,583; 22.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 35.4% of covered employment, average pay $54,471/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.77%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 73% of the vote across the three.

Population
21,414
Median household income
$70,627
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 1%.

Clinton County has a population of 21,414, with a median age of 42.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.8%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 2.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $78,703; 22.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 19,680 91.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 567 2.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 169 0.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 35 0.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 906 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 32 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42

  • Under 18 4,963 23.2%
  • 18–24 1,543 7.2%
  • 25–44 5,051 23.6%
  • 45–64 5,808 27.1%
  • 65 and over 4,049 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$78,703
90% interval $70,462–$86,944
+$7,120 vs MO · 14th of 115
Below poverty line
9.5%
90% interval 7.3%–11.7%
−2.7 pp vs MO · 102nd of 115

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 35% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 35.4% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 15.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.77%, below the Missouri state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
−0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP
$575.1M
0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay
$49,502
Establishments
504

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,745 35.4%
  • Public administration 740 15.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 572 11.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 447 9.1%
  • Construction 431 8.7%
  • Manufacturing 272 5.5%
  • Professional & business services 272 5.5%
  • Financial activities 207 4.2%
  • Other services 127 2.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 85 1.7%
  • Information 36 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
75.7%
+7.6 pp vs MO · 54th of 115
Median gross rent
$1,008
−$25 vs MO · 10th of 115
Owner-occupied
6,309
Renter-occupied
2,020

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 (Construction, $59,488/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,113/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 9.8 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: 71%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clinton County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.3% in 2024, 71.6% in 2020, 69.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,228 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201669.2%25.2%
202071.6%26.6%
202473.3%25.4%
  • Republican 8,235 73.3%
  • Democratic 2,855 25.4%
  • Other / third-party 138 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.3% of the adult civilian population (1,373 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 322 1.6%
  • German or other West Germanic 57 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 20 0.1%
  • Tagalog 9 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
8,329
Family households
5,506
66.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,643
29.8% of families
Single-mother families
371
6.7% of families
Veterans
1,373
8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

44.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,061 19.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,649 12.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,516 7.2%
  • Catholic 1,009 4.8%
  • Black Protestant 240 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.2%
±1.9 pp
Uninsured
8.8%
±1.9 pp
79th of 115
With a disability
15.3%
±1.7 pp
78th of 115
Bachelor's or higher
22.1%
±2.4 pp
−10.3 pp vs MO · 38th of 115
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.4%
90% interval 7.5%–9.3% · 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

Court infrastructure
Trial court
43rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats
Chillicothe, Gallatin, Kingston, Maysville, Plattsburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Clinton totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
6.08 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Clinton County, Missouri to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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