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Jury Pool Profile

St. Charles County, Missouri

Republican +17 (2024)
Population
409,830
Median household income
$102,912
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 348,543 85.0%
  • Black or African American alone 20,698 5.1%
  • Asian alone 11,785 2.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 336 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 179 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 4,853 1.2%
  • Two or more races 23,436 5.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,546 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

  • Under 18 93,542 22.8%
  • 18–24 33,226 8.1%
  • 25–44 108,744 26.5%
  • 45–64 106,929 26.1%
  • 65 and over 67,389 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
-0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP
$26.4B
5.89% of state
Avg. annual pay
$60,105
Establishments
10,945

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 38,365 23.6%
  • Education & health services 33,518 20.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 24,022 14.8%
  • Manufacturing 16,676 10.3%
  • Professional & business services 15,346 9.4%
  • Construction 10,258 6.3%
  • Financial activities 9,116 5.6%
  • Information 6,595 4.1%
  • Other services 5,018 3.1%
  • Public administration 3,409 2.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 288 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
80.7%
Median gross rent
$1,312
Owner-occupied
128,045
Renter-occupied
30,637

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

# Employer Sector Employees
1 Boeing (St. Charles facility) Aerospace / Defense 6,000
2 General Motors Wentzville Assembly Manufacturing 4,500
3 Mastercard (O'Fallon HQ campus) Financial Services / Tech 3,000
4 SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital Healthcare 3,000
5 Ascension Health (St. Charles campuses) Healthcare 3,000
6 Francis Howell School District Education 3,000
7 Daniel Boone Regional School District Education 3,000
8 Citi (St. Charles operations center) Financial Services 2,000
9 True Manufacturing Manufacturing 1,500
10 Lindenwood University Education 1,500

Source: EDC of St. Charles County (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 226,052 votes cast

  • Republican 130,588 57.8%
  • Democratic 92,226 40.8%
  • Other / third-party 3,238 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 8,251 2.1%
  • Other Indo-European 2,779 0.7%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2,319 0.6%
  • Chinese 1,293 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 1,049 0.3%
  • Tagalog 1,019 0.3%
  • German 993 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 957 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 880 0.2%
  • Other 654 0.2%
  • Arabic 620 0.2%
  • Korean 474 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
158,682
Family households
111,142
70.0% of households
Married w/ children
91,338
Single-mother households
7,101
Veterans
21,629
6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 109,233 27.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 58,748 14.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 23,741 5.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,084 2.2%
  • Black Protestant 374 0.1%
  • Orthodox 15 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.7%
With a disability
11.1%
Bachelor's or higher
42.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
13 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats
Saint Charles
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
22
6.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
22

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for St. Charles County, Missouri to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.