Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Missouri

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 61,636
Median household income: $85,276
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 57,067 92.6%
Black or African American alone 1,171 1.9%
Asian alone 212 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 48 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 76 0.1%
Some other race alone 360 0.6%
Two or more races 2,702 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,708 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 15,572 25.3%
18–24 4,496 7.3%
25–44 16,870 27.4%
45–64 15,883 25.8%
65 and over 8,815 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,839
Establishments: 1,204

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,922 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,912 22.8%
Manufacturing 1,989 15.5%
Construction 1,311 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,226 9.6%
Professional & business services 702 5.5%
Public administration 530 4.1%
Financial activities 467 3.6%
Other services 349 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 317 2.5%
Information 74 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.3%
Median gross rent: $972
Owner-occupied: 17,563
Renter-occupied: 4,857

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,129 votes cast

Republican 24,866 77.4%
Democratic 6,908 21.5%
Other / third-party 355 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 746 1.3%
German 221 0.4%
Slavic languages 132 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 105 0.2%
Tagalog 96 0.2%
Chinese 53 0.1%
Other Indo-European 23 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,420
Family households: 16,412; 73.2% of households
Married w/ children: 12,591
Single-mother households: 1,470
Veterans: 3,462; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,304 15.6%
Evangelical Protestant 5,508 9.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,251 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 275 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 45th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Bowling Green, Troy

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 41.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023