Jury Pool Profile

Platte County, Missouri

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 108,751
Median household income: $95,748
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 86,636 79.7%
Black or African American alone 8,316 7.6%
Asian alone 2,718 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 275 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 618 0.6%
Some other race alone 2,781 2.6%
Two or more races 7,407 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,535 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

Under 18 25,434 23.4%
18–24 8,492 7.8%
25–44 30,007 27.6%
45–64 27,727 25.5%
65 and over 17,091 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.6B; 2.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,070
Establishments: 3,086

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 15,120 31.4%
Education & health services 8,291 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 7,218 15.0%
Professional & business services 5,413 11.3%
Manufacturing 4,089 8.5%
Financial activities 2,403 5.0%
Construction 2,104 4.4%
Other services 1,334 2.8%
Public administration 1,274 2.6%
Information 583 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 247 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.0%
Median gross rent: $1,247
Owner-occupied: 29,031
Renter-occupied: 14,285

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 57,787 votes cast

Republican 29,381 50.8%
Democratic 27,566 47.7%
Other / third-party 840 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,332 3.3%
Other 1,576 1.5%
Other Indo-European 802 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 767 0.7%
German 423 0.4%
Chinese 358 0.3%
Slavic languages 311 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 241 0.2%
Arabic 233 0.2%
Vietnamese 205 0.2%
Tagalog 178 0.2%
Korean 109 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,316
Family households: 28,741; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 23,153
Single-mother households: 2,028
Veterans: 6,868; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,303 11.5%
Catholic 11,457 10.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,604 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,661 2.5%
Black Protestant 180 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Platte City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 16.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023