Jury Pool Profile

Polk County, Missouri

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 32,109
Median household income: $56,686
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,850 93.0%
Black or African American alone 262 0.8%
Asian alone 255 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 110 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 153 0.5%
Two or more races 1,471 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 898 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 7,541 23.5%
18–24 3,516 11.0%
25–44 7,407 23.1%
45–64 7,830 24.4%
65 and over 5,815 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,113
Establishments: 790

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,109 43.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,898 20.0%
Manufacturing 846 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 795 8.4%
Construction 423 4.5%
Public administration 354 3.7%
Professional & business services 325 3.4%
Financial activities 272 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 228 2.4%
Other services 180 1.9%
Information 71 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.3%
Median gross rent: $792
Owner-occupied: 8,523
Renter-occupied: 3,434

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,817 votes cast

Republican 12,691 80.2%
Democratic 2,948 18.6%
Other / third-party 178 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

German 615 2.0%
Spanish 304 1.0%
Chinese 129 0.4%
Other Indo-European 80 0.3%
Korean 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.1%
Arabic 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,957
Family households: 8,323; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,693
Single-mother households: 856
Veterans: 2,004; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,030 28.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,709 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 797 2.5%
Black Protestant 450 1.4%
Catholic 425 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.5%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Bolivar, Buffalo, Hermitage, Marshfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 20.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023