Jury Pool Profile
Ripley County, Missouri
- County seat
- Doniphan
- Judicial district
- 36th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 10,717
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,708.
At a glance
Ripley County is a 10,717-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $44,357, $27,226 below the MO state median of $71,583; 12.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 44.6% of covered employment, average pay $30,497/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.42%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 82% to 86% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 10,708
- Median household income
- $42,037
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.
Ripley County has a population of 10,708, with a median age of 40.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.7%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 1.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $44,357; 12.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 45% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 44.6% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 16.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.42%, above the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ripley County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.2% in 2024, 84.6% in 2020, 81.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 9.2% of the adult civilian population (744 individuals).