Jury Pool Profile

Scotland County, Missouri

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 4,698
Median household income: $67,568
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,542 96.7%
Black or African American alone 4 0.1%
Asian alone 3 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.5%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 114 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 1,401 29.8%
18–24 349 7.4%
25–44 1,090 23.2%
45–64 966 20.6%
65 and over 892 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $236.1M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,746
Establishments: 155

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 400 31.5%
Education & health services 360 28.4%
Public administration 149 11.8%
Manufacturing 93 7.3%
Financial activities 50 3.9%
Professional & business services 48 3.8%
Leisure & hospitality 45 3.5%
Other services 33 2.6%
Construction 12 0.9%
Information 5 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $516
Owner-occupied: 1,281
Renter-occupied: 262

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,918 votes cast

Republican 1,537 80.1%
Democratic 358 18.7%
Other / third-party 23 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.5% speak only English at home

German 361 8.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 87 2.0%
Spanish 8 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,543
Family households: 1,082; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 929
Single-mother households: 56
Veterans: 204; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,253 47.8%
Mainline Protestant 584 12.4%
Catholic 75 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 66.1%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Kahoka, Lancaster, Memphis

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023