Jury Pool Profile
Maries County, Missouri
- County seat
- Vienna
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 8,397
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,450.
At a glance
Maries County is an 8,397-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,970, $9,613 below the MO state median of $71,583; 16.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.6% of covered employment, average pay $31,463/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.49%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 8,450
- Median household income
- $59,455
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.
Maries County has a population of 8,450, with a median age of 44.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.7%; Black residents 0.2%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,970; 16.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 26% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.49%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Maries County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.3% in 2024, 81.6% in 2020, 79.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 13.2% of the adult civilian population (887 individuals).