Jury Pool Profile

Maries County, Missouri

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 8,435
Median household income: $61,359
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,883 93.5%
Black or African American alone 14 0.2%
Asian alone 8 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 55 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 37 0.4%
Two or more races 438 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 160 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 1,715 20.3%
18–24 591 7.0%
25–44 1,874 22.2%
45–64 2,380 28.2%
65 and over 1,875 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $243.3M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,788
Establishments: 180

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 372 26.9%
Education & health services 268 19.4%
Manufacturing 159 11.5%
Financial activities 124 9.0%
Public administration 77 5.6%
Professional & business services 74 5.4%
Other services 60 4.3%
Information 18 1.3%
Construction 15 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $594
Owner-occupied: 2,753
Renter-occupied: 783

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,786 votes cast

Republican 3,987 83.3%
Democratic 755 15.8%
Other / third-party 44 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 105 1.3%
German 86 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,536
Family households: 2,246; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,881
Single-mother households: 117
Veterans: 826; 12.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,534 30.1%
Catholic 633 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 553 6.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 23.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Houston, Rolla, Vienna, Waynesville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 14.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023