Jury Pool Profile

Phelps County, Missouri

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 44,948
Median household income: $55,427
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,170 87.1%
Black or African American alone 920 2.0%
Asian alone 1,562 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 161 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 321 0.7%
Two or more races 2,804 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,328 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 9,522 21.2%
18–24 7,119 15.8%
25–44 10,465 23.3%
45–64 10,291 22.9%
65 and over 7,551 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,599
Establishments: 1,299

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,476 38.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,270 27.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,197 11.4%
Manufacturing 1,013 5.3%
Public administration 903 4.7%
Professional & business services 684 3.6%
Construction 628 3.3%
Financial activities 544 2.8%
Other services 396 2.1%
Information 88 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 27 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.9%
Median gross rent: $801
Owner-occupied: 10,923
Renter-occupied: 6,721

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,294 votes cast

Republican 13,658 70.8%
Democratic 5,379 27.9%
Other / third-party 257 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Chinese 672 1.6%
Spanish 378 0.9%
Other Indo-European 205 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 185 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 174 0.4%
German 162 0.4%
Other 153 0.4%
Arabic 98 0.2%
Vietnamese 97 0.2%
Korean 83 0.2%
Slavic languages 74 0.2%
Tagalog 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,644
Family households: 10,657; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 7,844
Single-mother households: 1,015
Veterans: 3,260; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,963 29.0%
Catholic 1,809 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,375 3.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,270 2.8%
Orthodox 75 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Houston, Rolla, Vienna, Waynesville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 31.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023