Jury Pool Profile

Saline County, Missouri

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 23,177
Median household income: $56,566
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,498 79.8%
Black or African American alone 1,091 4.7%
Asian alone 195 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 39 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 170 0.7%
Some other race alone 1,253 5.4%
Two or more races 1,931 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,827 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.4

Under 18 5,072 21.9%
18–24 3,355 14.5%
25–44 5,504 23.7%
45–64 5,207 22.5%
65 and over 4,039 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,958
Establishments: 648

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,827 31.8%
Manufacturing 2,111 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,561 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 727 8.2%
Public administration 337 3.8%
Professional & business services 307 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 286 3.2%
Financial activities 267 3.0%
Construction 230 2.6%
Other services 139 1.6%
Information 88 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.8%
Median gross rent: $733
Owner-occupied: 5,670
Renter-occupied: 2,338

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,330 votes cast

Republican 6,498 69.6%
Democratic 2,726 29.2%
Other / third-party 106 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,806 8.3%
Chinese 78 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 65 0.3%
Other 31 0.1%
Slavic languages 26 0.1%
German 16 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,008
Family households: 4,981; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,844
Single-mother households: 450
Veterans: 986; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,628 28.4%
Catholic 2,389 10.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,586 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 430 1.8%
Black Protestant 352 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Lexington, Marshall

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 44.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023