Jury Pool Profile
Monroe County, Missouri
- County seat
- Paris
- Judicial district
- 10th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 8,959
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,734.
At a glance
Monroe County is an 8,959-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,949, $7,634 below the MO state median of $71,583; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 28.5% of covered employment, average pay $52,401/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.82%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 79% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 8,734
- Median household income
- $54,516
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 4%.
Monroe County has a population of 8,734, with a median age of 45.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.8%; Black residents 3.5%. Independently, 1.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,949; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 510, Education & health services about 470.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 28.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.82%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Monroe County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.4% in 2024, 77.6% in 2020, 76.2% 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'). 2.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 9.2% of the adult civilian population (629 individuals).