Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, Missouri

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 3,501
Median household income: $60,357
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,247 92.7%
Black or African American alone 9 0.3%
Asian alone 36 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 22 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 78 2.2%
Two or more races 109 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 155 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 843 24.1%
18–24 278 7.9%
25–44 761 21.7%
45–64 859 24.5%
65 and over 760 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $136.6M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,042
Establishments: 122

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 210 25.8%
Natural resources & mining 205 25.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 138 17.0%
Public administration 61 7.5%
Construction 44 5.4%
Financial activities 33 4.1%
Professional & business services 27 3.3%
Leisure & hospitality 23 2.8%
Manufacturing 9 1.1%
Information 3 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.1%
Median gross rent: $548
Owner-occupied: 1,019
Renter-occupied: 269

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,792 votes cast

Republican 1,545 86.2%
Democratic 235 13.1%
Other / third-party 12 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 85 2.6%
German 54 1.7%
Tagalog 20 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,288
Family households: 809; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 639
Single-mother households: 51
Veterans: 182; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

80.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,536 71.7%
Mainline Protestant 222 6.3%
Catholic 85 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Bethany, Princeton, Trenton, Unionville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 37.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023