Jury Pool Profile

Howard County, Missouri

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 10,141
Median household income: $62,628
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,873 87.5%
Black or African American alone 540 5.3%
Asian alone 46 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 154 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 74 0.7%
Two or more races 449 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 216 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 2,238 22.1%
18–24 1,395 13.8%
25–44 2,115 20.9%
45–64 2,374 23.4%
65 and over 2,019 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $295.1M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,039
Establishments: 232

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,103 45.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 334 13.7%
Manufacturing 294 12.1%
Public administration 165 6.8%
Leisure & hospitality 160 6.6%
Professional & business services 131 5.4%
Financial activities 127 5.2%
Construction 62 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 15 0.6%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $807
Owner-occupied: 2,785
Renter-occupied: 684

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,955 votes cast

Republican 3,534 71.3%
Democratic 1,341 27.1%
Other / third-party 80 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 63 0.7%
Chinese 22 0.2%
German 21 0.2%
Tagalog 20 0.2%
Other 15 0.2%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,469
Family households: 2,355; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,925
Single-mother households: 244
Veterans: 482; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,755 17.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,332 13.1%
Black Protestant 802 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 506 5.0%
Catholic 490 4.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Fayette, Huntsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 25.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023