Jury Pool Profile
Cooper County, Missouri
Republican +46 (2024)
- Population
- 16,835
- Median household income
- $67,548
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 14,916 88.6%
- Black or African American alone 948 5.6%
- Asian alone 67 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 60 0.4%
- Two or more races 817 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 346 2.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.9
- Under 18 3,794 22.5%
- 18–24 1,479 8.8%
- 25–44 4,039 24.0%
- 45–64 4,306 25.6%
- 65 and over 3,217 19.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.8%
- -0.14 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $633.3M
- 0.14% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $41,936
- Establishments
- 491
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,143 23.5%
- Education & health services 1,105 22.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 796 16.3%
- Public administration 499 10.2%
- Manufacturing 365 7.5%
- Construction 320 6.6%
- Other services 210 4.3%
- Financial activities 197 4.0%
- Professional & business services 150 3.1%
- Natural resources & mining 51 1.0%
- Information 34 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.2%
- Median gross rent
- $763
- Owner-occupied
- 4,824
- Renter-occupied
- 1,345
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 8,833 votes cast
- Republican 6,393 72.4%
- Democratic 2,347 26.6%
- Other / third-party 93 1.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.1% speak only English at home
- German 156 1.0%
- Spanish 108 0.7%
- Chinese 70 0.4%
- Other 52 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.2%
- Tagalog 14 0.1%
- Slavic languages 6 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 6,169
- Family households
- 4,207
- 68.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,258
- Single-mother households
- 329
- Veterans
- 1,099
- 8.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
53.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 4,519 26.4%
- Catholic 1,977 11.6%
- Mainline Protestant 1,494 8.7%
- Black Protestant 602 3.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 523 3.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.3%
- With a disability
- 15.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 18th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Boonville, Sedalia
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 7.67 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023