Jury Pool Profile
DeKalb County, Missouri
- County seat
- Maysville
- Judicial district
- 43rd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,795
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,876.
At a glance
DeKalb County is a 9,795-person venue. The county population is 88% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,148, $7,435 below the MO state median of $71,583; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 46.4% of covered employment, average pay $52,130/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.99%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 81% of the vote across the three. 18% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 1,926 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 10,876
- Median household income
- $69,826
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 88% / 7%.
DeKalb County has a population of 10,876, with a median age of 42.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.5%; Black residents 6.6%. Independently, 2.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,148; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 46% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 46.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.99%, 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.
DeKalb County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.7% in 2024, 79.0% in 2020, 77.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.9% of the adult civilian population (691 individuals).