Jury Pool Profile

Dunklin County, Missouri

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 27,795
Median household income: $47,368
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,955 79.0%
Black or African American alone 2,184 7.9%
Asian alone 77 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.1%
Some other race alone 313 1.1%
Two or more races 3,230 11.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,055 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 7,188 25.9%
18–24 2,257 8.1%
25–44 6,228 22.4%
45–64 6,984 25.1%
65 and over 5,138 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $36,543
Establishments: 1,678

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,830 41.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,370 25.9%
Leisure & hospitality 721 7.9%
Financial activities 531 5.8%
Public administration 474 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 314 3.4%
Professional & business services 311 3.4%
Manufacturing 249 2.7%
Construction 193 2.1%
Other services 101 1.1%
Information 44 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.8%
Median gross rent: $632
Owner-occupied: 6,899
Renter-occupied: 4,266

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,051 votes cast

Republican 8,096 80.5%
Democratic 1,885 18.8%
Other / third-party 70 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,636 6.3%
Other Indo-European 38 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.1%
German 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,165
Family households: 7,112; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 4,509
Single-mother households: 920
Veterans: 1,325; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,657 34.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,179 4.2%
Catholic 671 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 421 1.5%
Black Protestant 302 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.9%
With a disability: 22.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Bloomfield, Kennett

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 38.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023