Jury Pool Profile

Oregon County, Missouri

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 8,704
Median household income: $44,259
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,153 93.7%
Black or African American alone 7 0.1%
Asian alone 28 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 13 0.1%
Two or more races 459 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 114 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

Under 18 2,012 23.1%
18–24 566 6.5%
25–44 1,802 20.7%
45–64 2,337 26.8%
65 and over 1,987 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $289.1M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $36,248
Establishments: 264

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,158 45.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 571 22.5%
Leisure & hospitality 174 6.9%
Manufacturing 164 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 125 4.9%
Public administration 118 4.7%
Financial activities 89 3.5%
Professional & business services 79 3.1%
Construction 25 1.0%
Information 12 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $735
Owner-occupied: 2,578
Renter-occupied: 782

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,612 votes cast

Republican 3,884 84.2%
Democratic 696 15.1%
Other / third-party 32 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Arabic 36 0.4%
Spanish 35 0.4%
German 23 0.3%
Vietnamese 18 0.2%
Tagalog 3 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,360
Family households: 2,364; 70.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,800
Single-mother households: 151
Veterans: 559; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,504 52.2%
Mainline Protestant 259 3.0%
Black Protestant 150 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 136 1.6%
Catholic 96 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.8%
With a disability: 23.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Alton, Eminence, Van Buren, West Plains

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 29.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023