Jury Pool Profile

New Madrid County, Missouri

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 16,041
Median household income: $49,237
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,264 76.5%
Black or African American alone 2,041 12.7%
Asian alone 46 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 41 0.3%
Two or more races 1,634 10.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 286 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 3,806 23.7%
18–24 1,182 7.4%
25–44 3,608 22.5%
45–64 4,308 26.9%
65 and over 3,137 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,792
Establishments: 897

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,545 33.9%
Education & health services 2,302 30.7%
Manufacturing 826 11.0%
Natural resources & mining 411 5.5%
Leisure & hospitality 385 5.1%
Professional & business services 355 4.7%
Public administration 264 3.5%
Financial activities 171 2.3%
Construction 120 1.6%
Information 14 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.6%
Median gross rent: $734
Owner-occupied: 4,324
Renter-occupied: 2,472

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,811 votes cast

Republican 5,203 76.4%
Democratic 1,561 22.9%
Other / third-party 47 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 263 1.7%
German 48 0.3%
Other Indo-European 26 0.2%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,796
Family households: 4,407; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,596
Single-mother households: 595
Veterans: 909; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,602 46.3%
Catholic 744 4.5%
Black Protestant 604 3.7%
Mainline Protestant 398 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.3%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 34th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Caruthersville, New Madrid

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 49.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023