Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, Missouri

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 38,392
Median household income: $55,849
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,241 89.2%
Black or African American alone 97 0.3%
Asian alone 179 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 157 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,142 3.0%
Two or more races 2,558 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,161 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 9,774 25.5%
18–24 3,081 8.0%
25–44 9,113 23.7%
45–64 9,478 24.7%
65 and over 6,946 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,246
Establishments: 957

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,366 26.5%
Education & health services 2,307 25.9%
Manufacturing 1,245 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 807 9.0%
Construction 527 5.9%
Professional & business services 478 5.4%
Public administration 343 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 329 3.7%
Financial activities 249 2.8%
Other services 172 1.9%
Information 97 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $785
Owner-occupied: 10,697
Renter-occupied: 3,997

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,417 votes cast

Republican 15,001 81.5%
Democratic 3,248 17.6%
Other / third-party 168 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,888 5.3%
German 692 1.9%
Other Indo-European 190 0.5%
Tagalog 178 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 82 0.2%
Korean 56 0.2%
Slavic languages 44 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,694
Family households: 9,742; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,323
Single-mother households: 685
Veterans: 2,367; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,717 41.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,609 4.2%
Catholic 1,458 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,242 3.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.7%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 39th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Cassville, Galena, Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 69.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023