Jury Pool Profile

Lafayette County, Missouri

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 32,974
Median household income: $79,091
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,218 91.6%
Black or African American alone 574 1.7%
Asian alone 206 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 81 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 423 1.3%
Two or more races 1,472 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,096 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 7,603 23.1%
18–24 2,400 7.3%
25–44 7,994 24.2%
45–64 8,737 26.5%
65 and over 6,240 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,138
Establishments: 942

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,496 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,655 18.8%
Manufacturing 1,196 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 803 9.1%
Construction 677 7.7%
Public administration 609 6.9%
Professional & business services 529 6.0%
Financial activities 390 4.4%
Other services 212 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 180 2.0%
Information 63 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.5%
Median gross rent: $848
Owner-occupied: 9,510
Renter-occupied: 2,928

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,244 votes cast

Republican 12,720 73.8%
Democratic 4,294 24.9%
Other / third-party 230 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 645 2.1%
German 365 1.2%
Tagalog 49 0.2%
Chinese 35 0.1%
Korean 26 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Other Indo-European 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,438
Family households: 8,694; 69.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,762
Single-mother households: 576
Veterans: 2,198; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,390 37.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,363 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,381 4.2%
Catholic 838 2.5%
Black Protestant 458 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Lexington, Marshall

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 39.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023