Jury Pool Profile
Dent County, Missouri
Republican +70 (2024)
- Population
- 14,506
- Median household income
- $54,306
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 13,376 92.2%
- Black or African American alone 83 0.6%
- Asian alone 129 0.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 87 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
- Some other race alone 117 0.8%
- Two or more races 702 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 308 2.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.8
- Under 18 3,278 22.6%
- 18–24 969 6.7%
- 25–44 3,137 21.6%
- 45–64 3,963 27.3%
- 65 and over 3,159 21.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- +0.08 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $485.7M
- 0.11% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $42,359
- Establishments
- 564
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,304 34.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 916 24.1%
- Manufacturing 367 9.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 358 9.4%
- Public administration 207 5.5%
- Construction 191 5.0%
- Financial activities 186 4.9%
- Professional & business services 105 2.8%
- Natural resources & mining 40 1.1%
- Information 6 0.2%
- Other services 2 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.8%
- Median gross rent
- $615
- Owner-occupied
- 4,360
- Renter-occupied
- 1,315
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,103 votes cast
- Republican 6,013 84.7%
- Democratic 1,025 14.4%
- Other / third-party 65 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 63 0.5%
- Vietnamese 38 0.3%
- German 18 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
- Other 9 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
- Tagalog 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,675
- Family households
- 3,645
- 64.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,650
- Single-mother households
- 377
- Veterans
- 1,350
- 12% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
43.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 5,142 35.7%
- Mainline Protestant 451 3.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 362 2.5%
- Catholic 305 2.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 87.8%
- With a disability
- 21.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 42nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Centerville, Greenville, Ironton, Salem, Steelville
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 26.72 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023