Jury Pool Profile

McDonald County, Missouri

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 23,492
Median household income: $48,145
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,904 72.0%
Black or African American alone 458 1.9%
Asian alone 301 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 333 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 762 3.2%
Some other race alone 1,385 5.9%
Two or more races 3,349 14.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,880 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 6,013 25.6%
18–24 1,862 7.9%
25–44 5,656 24.1%
45–64 6,255 26.6%
65 and over 3,706 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.97 pp vs. state
County GDP: $981.3M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,246
Establishments: 458

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,698 29.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,390 24.4%
Education & health services 821 14.4%
Construction 430 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 355 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 276 4.9%
Professional & business services 271 4.8%
Public administration 233 4.1%
Financial activities 125 2.2%
Information 51 0.9%
Other services 36 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $764
Owner-occupied: 5,774
Renter-occupied: 2,738

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,338 votes cast

Republican 7,843 84.0%
Democratic 1,423 15.2%
Other / third-party 72 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,985 9.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 782 3.6%
Other 278 1.3%
German 161 0.7%
Other Indo-European 49 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,512
Family households: 5,919; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,506
Single-mother households: 418
Veterans: 1,345; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,257 31.1%
Mainline Protestant 854 3.7%
Catholic 603 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 391 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.6%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 40th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Neosho, Pineville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 34.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023