Jury Pool Profile

Pulaski County, Missouri

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 53,850
Median household income: $66,435
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,136 72.7%
Black or African American alone 5,630 10.5%
Asian alone 1,159 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 267 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 342 0.6%
Some other race alone 891 1.7%
Two or more races 6,425 11.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,190 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 27.5

Under 18 11,804 21.9%
18–24 12,623 23.4%
25–44 15,450 28.7%
45–64 8,804 16.3%
65 and over 5,169 9.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.67% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,536
Establishments: 869

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,344 25.1%
Leisure & hospitality 2,993 22.5%
Public administration 2,493 18.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,324 17.4%
Professional & business services 918 6.9%
Financial activities 387 2.9%
Construction 359 2.7%
Other services 229 1.7%
Manufacturing 127 1.0%
Information 116 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 32 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.4%
Median gross rent: $1,072
Owner-occupied: 9,763
Renter-occupied: 6,671

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,545 votes cast

Republican 11,579 74.5%
Democratic 3,765 24.2%
Other / third-party 201 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,250 6.5%
German 802 1.6%
Korean 475 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 363 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 277 0.6%
Other Indo-European 200 0.4%
Tagalog 149 0.3%
Other 95 0.2%
Chinese 43 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,434
Family households: 10,797; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,415
Single-mother households: 1,118
Veterans: 5,613; 17.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,984 29.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,624 3.0%
Mainline Protestant 592 1.1%
Black Protestant 520 1.0%
Catholic 408 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.9%

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: 9; 21.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023