Jury Pool Profile

Cole County, Missouri

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 76,924
Median household income: $73,273
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 62,304 81.0%
Black or African American alone 8,647 11.2%
Asian alone 1,250 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 147 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 760 1.0%
Two or more races 3,809 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,721 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 17,099 22.2%
18–24 6,574 8.5%
25–44 20,564 26.7%
45–64 19,194 25.0%
65 and over 13,493 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.4B; 1.65% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,952
Establishments: 2,500

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 16,338 30.1%
Education & health services 9,042 16.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,365 15.4%
Professional & business services 5,001 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 4,633 8.5%
Construction 3,008 5.5%
Manufacturing 2,714 5.0%
Financial activities 2,327 4.3%
Other services 1,838 3.4%
Information 912 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 126 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $804
Owner-occupied: 20,710
Renter-occupied: 10,036

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 40,128 votes cast

Republican 26,686 66.5%
Democratic 12,874 32.1%
Other / third-party 568 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,215 1.7%
Other Indo-European 383 0.5%
Other 382 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 314 0.4%
Chinese 221 0.3%
German 149 0.2%
Vietnamese 109 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 92 0.1%
Slavic languages 37 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,746
Family households: 18,827; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 14,755
Single-mother households: 2,047
Veterans: 4,807; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,555 27.9%
Catholic 18,558 24.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,726 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,448 1.9%
Black Protestant 1,026 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Jefferson City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 8.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023