Jury Pool Profile
Schuyler County, Missouri
- County seat
- Lancaster
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,140
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,038.
At a glance
Schuyler County is a 4,140-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,835; 11.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 34.0% of covered employment, average pay $50,731/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.31%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,038
- Median household income
- $61,205
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 0%.
Schuyler County has a population of 4,038, with a median age of 39.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.9%; Black residents 0.2%.
The median household earns $70,835; 11.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 34% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 34.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.31%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Schuyler County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.6% in 2024, 80.2% in 2020, 77.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Tagalog, Spanish. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (191 individuals).