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Jury Pool Profile

Ripley County, Missouri

Republican +73 (2024)
Population
10,755
Median household income
$43,898
Unemployment
4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 10,073 93.7%
  • Black or African American alone 25 0.2%
  • Asian alone 55 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 61 0.6%
  • Two or more races 513 4.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 134 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

  • Under 18 2,520 23.4%
  • 18–24 718 6.7%
  • 25–44 2,492 23.2%
  • 45–64 2,857 26.6%
  • 65 and over 2,168 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.9%
+0.92 pp vs. state
County GDP
$285.3M
0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay
$31,859
Establishments
681

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,278 44.7%
  • Manufacturing 501 17.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 447 15.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 168 5.9%
  • Public administration 157 5.5%
  • Construction 81 2.8%
  • Financial activities 67 2.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 56 2.0%
  • Other services 44 1.5%
  • Information 8 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
78.9%
Median gross rent
$666
Owner-occupied
3,179
Renter-occupied
851

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,804 votes cast

  • Republican 5,002 86.2%
  • Democratic 763 13.1%
  • Other / third-party 39 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 36 0.4%
  • Tagalog 35 0.3%
  • German 27 0.3%
  • Other 9 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
  • Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
4,030
Family households
2,721
67.5% of households
Married w/ children
2,151
Single-mother households
98
Veterans
776
9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,274 30.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 218 2.0%
  • Catholic 180 1.7%
  • Black Protestant 100 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
83.5%
With a disability
24.1%
Bachelor's or higher
12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
36th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats
Doniphan, Poplar Bluff

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
8
97.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Ripley County, Missouri to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.