Jury Pool Profile

Johnson County, Missouri

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 54,331
Median household income: $67,123
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,858 86.2%
Black or African American alone 2,036 3.7%
Asian alone 907 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 119 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 159 0.3%
Some other race alone 700 1.3%
Two or more races 3,552 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,742 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.3

Under 18 11,988 22.1%
18–24 10,173 18.7%
25–44 14,130 26.0%
45–64 11,027 20.3%
65 and over 7,013 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,500
Establishments: 1,270

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,414 33.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,840 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 2,218 13.7%
Public administration 1,662 10.2%
Manufacturing 1,513 9.3%
Professional & business services 697 4.3%
Construction 602 3.7%
Financial activities 518 3.2%
Other services 360 2.2%
Information 223 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 191 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.9%
Median gross rent: $905
Owner-occupied: 13,207
Renter-occupied: 7,473

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,591 votes cast

Republican 16,298 69.1%
Democratic 6,960 29.5%
Other / third-party 333 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,034 2.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 431 0.8%
Other 243 0.5%
Other Indo-European 177 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 153 0.3%
Korean 153 0.3%
Tagalog 147 0.3%
German 115 0.2%
Arabic 41 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.0%
Vietnamese 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,680
Family households: 12,918; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 10,281
Single-mother households: 830
Veterans: 5,204; 13.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,884 20.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,931 3.6%
Catholic 1,762 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 799 1.5%
Black Protestant 428 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Harrisonville, Warrensburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 11.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023