Jury Pool Profile

Howell County, Missouri

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 40,168
Median household income: $49,814
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,439 93.2%
Black or African American alone 177 0.4%
Asian alone 207 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 98 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 375 0.9%
Two or more races 1,872 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 975 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 9,774 24.3%
18–24 3,050 7.6%
25–44 9,274 23.1%
45–64 10,093 25.1%
65 and over 7,977 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,674
Establishments: 1,383

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,840 31.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,274 21.3%
Manufacturing 2,167 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,397 9.1%
Professional & business services 1,388 9.0%
Public administration 749 4.9%
Financial activities 505 3.3%
Other services 425 2.8%
Construction 377 2.5%
Information 122 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 119 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.7%
Median gross rent: $722
Owner-occupied: 10,982
Renter-occupied: 5,015

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,963 votes cast

Republican 15,733 83.0%
Democratic 3,073 16.2%
Other / third-party 157 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 501 1.3%
German 193 0.5%
Other Indo-European 123 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.3%
Vietnamese 60 0.2%
Tagalog 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 24 0.1%
Arabic 13 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,997
Family households: 10,438; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,788
Single-mother households: 1,013
Veterans: 2,840; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,210 33.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,673 4.2%
Mainline Protestant 979 2.5%
Catholic 730 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.8%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Alton, Eminence, Van Buren, West Plains

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 26.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023