Jury Pool Profile

Ray County, Missouri

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 23,149
Median household income: $72,152
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,578 93.2%
Black or African American alone 273 1.2%
Asian alone 67 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 291 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 168 0.7%
Two or more races 771 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 643 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 5,280 22.8%
18–24 1,661 7.2%
25–44 5,361 23.2%
45–64 6,504 28.1%
65 and over 4,343 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $651.3M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,361
Establishments: 460

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,158 28.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 860 21.5%
Manufacturing 462 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 424 10.6%
Public administration 289 7.2%
Construction 205 5.1%
Other services 188 4.7%
Professional & business services 168 4.2%
Financial activities 132 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 98 2.4%
Information 24 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $808
Owner-occupied: 7,007
Renter-occupied: 2,039

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,662 votes cast

Republican 8,602 73.8%
Democratic 2,927 25.1%
Other / third-party 133 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 305 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.3%
German 38 0.2%
Korean 16 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%
Chinese 15 0.1%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,046
Family households: 6,365; 70.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,856
Single-mother households: 596
Veterans: 1,564; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,345 27.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,419 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 611 2.6%
Black Protestant 540 2.3%
Catholic 113 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.3%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Carrollton, Richmond

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 27.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023