Jury Pool Profile

Shannon County, Missouri

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 7,137
Median household income: $59,000
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,615 92.7%
Black or African American alone 17 0.2%
Asian alone 26 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 13 0.2%
Two or more races 446 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 1,587 22.2%
18–24 421 5.9%
25–44 1,516 21.2%
45–64 2,003 28.1%
65 and over 1,610 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +2.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $190.4M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $35,970
Establishments: 238

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 443 28.4%
Education & health services 206 13.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 194 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 129 8.3%
Public administration 125 8.0%
Financial activities 62 4.0%
Other services 53 3.4%
Construction 19 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.2%
Median gross rent: $509
Owner-occupied: 2,331
Renter-occupied: 471

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,013 votes cast

Republican 3,364 83.8%
Democratic 625 15.6%
Other / third-party 24 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Vietnamese 24 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.2%
Spanish 14 0.2%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
German 4 0.1%
Chinese 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,802
Family households: 1,915; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,579
Single-mother households: 79
Veterans: 554; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,958 27.8%
Mainline Protestant 216 3.1%
Catholic 24 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Alton, Eminence, Van Buren, West Plains

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 54.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023