Jury Pool Profile
Pettis County, Missouri
Republican +49 (2024)
- Population
- 43,205
- Median household income
- $60,232
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 37,031 85.7%
- Black or African American alone 1,071 2.5%
- Asian alone 295 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 187 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 160 0.4%
- Some other race alone 1,667 3.9%
- Two or more races 2,794 6.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,135 9.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 37.9
- Under 18 10,878 25.2%
- 18–24 3,651 8.5%
- 25–44 10,943 25.3%
- 45–64 10,326 23.9%
- 65 and over 7,407 17.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.1%
- +0.13 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.3B
- 0.74% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,616
- Establishments
- 1,325
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 4,853 24.9%
- Education & health services 4,560 23.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,965 20.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,780 9.1%
- Professional & business services 1,459 7.5%
- Construction 676 3.5%
- Other services 667 3.4%
- Public administration 592 3.0%
- Financial activities 490 2.5%
- Information 279 1.4%
- Natural resources & mining 135 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 70.1%
- Median gross rent
- $863
- Owner-occupied
- 11,876
- Renter-occupied
- 5,061
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 18,877 votes cast
- Republican 13,907 73.7%
- Democratic 4,703 24.9%
- Other / third-party 267 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
88.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,685 6.7%
- Slavic languages 1,443 3.6%
- German 500 1.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 83 0.2%
- Tagalog 62 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.0%
- Other 7 0.0%
- Vietnamese 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 16,937
- Family households
- 10,931
- 64.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 8,287
- Single-mother households
- 945
- Veterans
- 3,025
- 9.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
52.6% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 14,387 33.5%
- Mainline Protestant 4,306 10.0%
- Catholic 2,985 6.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 681 1.6%
- Black Protestant 246 0.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.1%
- With a disability
- 17.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 18th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Boonville, Sedalia
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 9.28 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023