Jury Pool Profile
Scotland County, Missouri
- County seat
- Memphis
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,796
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,686.
At a glance
Scotland County is a 4,796-person venue. The county population is 96% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $60,091, $11,492 below the MO state median of $71,583; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic, then other Asian and Pacific Island languages (2.0%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 31.3% of covered employment, average pay $42,826/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.29%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,686
- Median household income
- $68,913
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 96% / 0%.
Scotland County has a population of 4,686, with a median age of 36.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 96.0%; Black residents 0.1%.
The median household earns $60,091; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 460, Trade, transportation & utilities about 410.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 31.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 29.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.29%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Scotland County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.1% in 2024, 78.6% in 2020, 77.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 12.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
12.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 5.9% of the adult civilian population (193 individuals).