Jury Pool Profile

Jasper County, Missouri

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 123,532
Median household income: $57,525
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 105,311 85.2%
Black or African American alone 2,201 1.8%
Asian alone 1,718 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,033 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 424 0.3%
Some other race alone 2,896 2.3%
Two or more races 9,949 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,775 9.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 30,653 24.8%
18–24 11,656 9.4%
25–44 32,669 26.4%
45–64 28,984 23.5%
65 and over 19,570 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.4B; 1.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,009
Establishments: 3,502

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 16,622 28.1%
Education & health services 12,836 21.7%
Manufacturing 10,789 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 5,912 10.0%
Professional & business services 4,683 7.9%
Construction 2,528 4.3%
Other services 1,743 2.9%
Financial activities 1,646 2.8%
Public administration 1,522 2.6%
Information 509 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 452 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.2%
Median gross rent: $904
Owner-occupied: 30,577
Renter-occupied: 17,790

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 53,756 votes cast

Republican 39,084 72.7%
Democratic 13,943 25.9%
Other / third-party 729 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,106 5.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 488 0.4%
Vietnamese 415 0.4%
Other Indo-European 291 0.3%
German 179 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 163 0.1%
Other 162 0.1%
Chinese 111 0.1%
Arabic 87 0.1%
Tagalog 81 0.1%
Korean 31 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 48,367
Family households: 30,873; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 21,993
Single-mother households: 3,614
Veterans: 7,464; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 42,891 34.9%
Mainline Protestant 6,824 5.6%
Catholic 6,047 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,096 3.3%
Black Protestant 1,078 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.2%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Carthage

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 16.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023