Jury Pool Profile
Crawford County, Missouri
- County seat
- Steelville
- Judicial district
- 42nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 22,929
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 22,797.
At a glance
Crawford County is a 22,929-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $59,081, $12,502 below the MO state median of $71,583; 14.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 22.9% of covered employment, average pay $51,307/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.35%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 22,797
- Median household income
- $57,629
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 1%.
Crawford County has a population of 22,797, with a median age of 43.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.7%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 2.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $59,081; 14.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, 1,561 jobs; Education & health services, 1,532, is within 20% of it.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 22.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.35%, above the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Crawford County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.7% in 2024, 79.5% in 2020, 77.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 10.0% of the adult civilian population (1,773 individuals).