Jury Pool Profile
Pulaski County, Missouri
- County seat
- Waynesville
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 54,442
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 53,894.
At a glance
Pulaski County is a 54,442-person venue. The county population is 72% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). 12% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $59,368, $12,215 below the MO state median of $71,583; 25.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.9% 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 Education & health services, at 25.4% of covered employment, average pay $56,131/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.12%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 72% to 74% of the vote across the three. 19% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 9,959 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 53,894
- Median household income
- $64,466
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 72% / 10%.
Pulaski County has a population of 53,894, with a median age of 27.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.6%; Black residents 10.4%. Independently, 11.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $59,368; 25.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 3,344 jobs; Leisure & hospitality, 2,944, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.4% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 22.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.12%, above the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Pulaski County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 74.5% in 2024, 71.7% in 2020, 73.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 18.9% of the adult civilian population (6,012 individuals).