Jury Pool Profile
Iron County, Missouri
- County seat
- Ironton
- Judicial district
- 42nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,318
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,446.
At a glance
Iron County is a 9,318-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,448, $23,135 below the MO state median of $71,583; 19.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 37.7% of covered employment, average pay $36,496/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.73%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 9,446
- Median household income
- $48,850
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 1%.
Iron County has a population of 9,446, with a median age of 44.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.3%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 2.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $48,448; 19.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 38% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 37.7% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 18.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.73%, above the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Iron County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.7% in 2024, 78.3% in 2020, 74.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (554 individuals).