Jury Pool Profile

Ozark County, Missouri

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 8,773
Median household income: $42,329
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,264 94.2%
Black or African American alone 39 0.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 43 0.5%
Two or more races 402 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 167 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.9

Under 18 1,644 18.7%
18–24 479 5.5%
25–44 1,564 17.8%
45–64 2,546 29.0%
65 and over 2,540 29.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +2.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $194.7M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $33,721
Establishments: 252

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 485 32.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 315 20.8%
Leisure & hospitality 248 16.4%
Manufacturing 111 7.3%
Public administration 87 5.8%
Construction 68 4.5%
Financial activities 67 4.4%
Professional & business services 67 4.4%
Other services 29 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 25 1.7%
Information 10 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.4%
Median gross rent: $626
Owner-occupied: 2,879
Renter-occupied: 704

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,779 votes cast

Republican 4,044 84.6%
Democratic 698 14.6%
Other / third-party 37 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 72 0.9%
German 55 0.7%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
Other 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,583
Family households: 2,460; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,132
Single-mother households: 96
Veterans: 724; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,902 22.2%
Mainline Protestant 241 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 149 1.7%
Catholic 87 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.7%
With a disability: 26.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 44th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Ava, Gainesville, Hartville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 84.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023