Jury Pool Profile

Newton County, Missouri

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 59,490
Median household income: $64,583
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,927 82.2%
Black or African American alone 557 0.9%
Asian alone 943 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 884 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 768 1.3%
Some other race alone 938 1.6%
Two or more races 6,473 10.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,833 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 14,218 23.9%
18–24 5,030 8.5%
25–44 13,825 23.2%
45–64 15,316 25.7%
65 and over 11,101 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,349
Establishments: 1,508

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,594 35.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,917 23.1%
Manufacturing 3,144 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,259 10.6%
Construction 937 4.4%
Professional & business services 607 2.9%
Financial activities 557 2.6%
Public administration 513 2.4%
Other services 500 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 189 0.9%
Information 82 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $777
Owner-occupied: 16,971
Renter-occupied: 5,113

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,083 votes cast

Republican 22,923 78.8%
Democratic 5,867 20.2%
Other / third-party 293 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,107 3.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,001 1.8%
Other Indo-European 224 0.4%
German 174 0.3%
Other 113 0.2%
Tagalog 84 0.2%
Slavic languages 59 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 54 0.1%
Chinese 26 0.0%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,084
Family households: 15,773; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 12,743
Single-mother households: 1,000
Veterans: 3,927; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,146 39.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,996 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,876 3.2%
Catholic 1,103 1.9%
Orthodox 21 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.8%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

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: 17; 37.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023