Jury Pool Profile
Jackson County, Missouri
Democratic +19 (2024)
- Population
- 717,021
- Median household income
- $67,178
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 449,853 62.7%
- Black or African American alone 161,426 22.5%
- Asian alone 12,853 1.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,721 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2,055 0.3%
- Some other race alone 29,604 4.1%
- Two or more races 58,509 8.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79,383 11.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.9
- Under 18 168,392 23.5%
- 18–24 59,918 8.4%
- 25–44 204,973 28.6%
- 45–64 172,347 24.0%
- 65 and over 111,391 15.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.3%
- +0.37 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $65.1B
- 14.51% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $71,613
- Establishments
- 25,091
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 89,716 23.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 61,782 16.5%
- Professional & business services 57,975 15.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 44,752 11.9%
- Manufacturing 28,511 7.6%
- Financial activities 28,057 7.5%
- Construction 23,206 6.2%
- Public administration 21,153 5.6%
- Other services 12,409 3.3%
- Information 7,286 1.9%
- Natural resources & mining 726 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 58.8%
- Median gross rent
- $1,151
- Owner-occupied
- 178,151
- Renter-occupied
- 124,575
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Luke's Health System | Healthcare | 10,500 |
| 2 | HCA Midwest Health (Research Medical Center et al.) | Healthcare | 10,000 |
| 3 | Children's Mercy Hospital | Healthcare | 9,500 |
| 4 | Burns & McDonnell | Engineering / Architecture | 5,500 |
| 5 | Cerner / Oracle Health | Technology | 5,000 |
| 6 | Hallmark Cards (HQ) | Manufacturing / Consumer Goods | 3,000 |
| 7 | H&R Block (HQ) | Financial Services | 3,000 |
| 8 | Honeywell FM&T (Kansas City National Security Campus) | Government Manufacturing | 2,500 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City | Government / Finance | 1,500 |
| 10 | DST Systems (SS&C) | Financial Services | 1,000 |
Source: Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC) (2025)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 317,702 votes cast
- Democratic 187,026 58.9%
- Republican 125,610 39.5%
- Other / third-party 5,066 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 45,519 6.8%
- Other 4,507 0.7%
- Other Indo-European 3,007 0.4%
- Arabic 2,943 0.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 2,940 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1,989 0.3%
- Vietnamese 1,667 0.2%
- Chinese 1,447 0.2%
- Slavic languages 1,158 0.2%
- Tagalog 866 0.1%
- German 820 0.1%
- Korean 643 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 302,726
- Family households
- 170,546
- 56.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 117,885
- Single-mother households
- 21,757
- Veterans
- 36,245
- 6.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
51.2% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 172,226 24.0%
- Catholic 67,286 9.4%
- Black Protestant 48,260 6.7%
- Mainline Protestant 40,233 5.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 38,337 5.3%
- Orthodox 831 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.7%
- With a disability
- 13.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 33.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 16th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 29 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Independence, Kansas City
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 132
- 24.06 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 116
NHTSA FARS 2023