Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Missouri

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 105,316
Median household income: $71,973
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 94,575 89.8%
Black or African American alone 872 0.8%
Asian alone 488 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 96 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 44 0.0%
Some other race alone 780 0.7%
Two or more races 8,461 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,343 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 23,768 22.6%
18–24 7,793 7.4%
25–44 25,168 23.9%
45–64 29,070 27.6%
65 and over 19,517 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.4B; 1.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,695
Establishments: 3,016

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 9,077 23.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,354 21.3%
Education & health services 7,168 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 4,428 11.3%
Construction 2,974 7.6%
Professional & business services 2,830 7.2%
Financial activities 1,631 4.1%
Other services 1,123 2.9%
Public administration 1,007 2.6%
Information 516 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 205 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $874
Owner-occupied: 32,290
Renter-occupied: 9,977

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 55,454 votes cast

Republican 40,126 72.4%
Democratic 14,694 26.5%
Other / third-party 634 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 695 0.7%
German 445 0.4%
Other Indo-European 257 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.1%
Korean 71 0.1%
Tagalog 67 0.1%
Slavic languages 52 0.1%
Chinese 40 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.0%
Vietnamese 20 0.0%
Other 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 42,267
Family households: 28,759; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 22,453
Single-mother households: 1,897
Veterans: 6,524; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 24,018 22.9%
Evangelical Protestant 21,100 20.2%
Mainline Protestant 5,273 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,155 2.1%
Black Protestant 766 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Hermann, Linn, Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 24.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023