Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Missouri

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 37,967
Median household income: $58,847
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,312 82.5%
Black or African American alone 4,266 11.2%
Asian alone 80 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 32 0.1%
Some other race alone 57 0.2%
Two or more races 2,203 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 966 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 9,178 24.2%
18–24 3,082 8.1%
25–44 9,204 24.2%
45–64 9,508 25.0%
65 and over 6,995 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,793
Establishments: 1,306

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,672 28.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,692 22.8%
Manufacturing 2,664 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,222 7.6%
Professional & business services 1,145 7.1%
Public administration 798 4.9%
Construction 608 3.8%
Financial activities 483 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 381 2.4%
Other services 379 2.3%
Information 133 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $809
Owner-occupied: 10,426
Renter-occupied: 4,737

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,418 votes cast

Republican 13,786 79.1%
Democratic 3,525 20.2%
Other / third-party 107 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 517 1.5%
Other Indo-European 172 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 74 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 66 0.2%
German 47 0.1%
Other 24 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,163
Family households: 9,926; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 7,123
Single-mother households: 1,207
Veterans: 1,852; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,074 29.1%
Catholic 5,882 15.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,533 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 674 1.8%
Black Protestant 486 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 33rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Benton, Charleston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 10.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023