Jury Pool Profile
Osage County, Missouri
- County seat
- Linn
- Judicial district
- 20th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,611
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,402.
At a glance
Osage County is a 13,611-person venue. The county population is 97% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $79,468, $7,885 above the MO state median of $71,583; 24.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 39.4% of covered employment, average pay $68,168/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.85%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 83% to 86% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 13,402
- Median household income
- $76,681
- Unemployment
- 2.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 97% / 0%.
Osage County has a population of 13,402, with a median age of 41.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 97.5%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 1.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $79,468; 24.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 39% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 39.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.85%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 85%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Osage County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.2% in 2024, 85.2% in 2020, 82.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 5.6% of the adult civilian population (580 individuals).