Jury Pool Profile
Platte County, Missouri
- County seat
- Platte City
- Judicial district
- 6th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 114,400
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 110,371.
At a glance
Platte County is a 114,400-person venue. The county population is 79% White and 8% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $92,305, $20,722 above the MO state median of $71,583; 46.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 31.6% of covered employment, average pay $60,961/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.18%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 54% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 110,371
- Median household income
- $96,227
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 79% / 8%.
Platte County has a population of 110,371, with a median age of 39.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 78.6%; Black residents 7.7%. Independently, 7.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $92,305; 46.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 5.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 32% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 31.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.18%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Platte County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 50.8% in 2024, 50.5% in 2020, 53.5% 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'). 8.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Arabic. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (6,778 individuals).