Jury Pool Profile

St. Francois County, Missouri

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 66,864
Median household income: $54,813
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,075 91.3%
Black or African American alone 2,014 3.0%
Asian alone 288 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 208 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.0%
Some other race alone 407 0.6%
Two or more races 2,851 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,196 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 14,087 21.1%
18–24 5,723 8.6%
25–44 18,477 27.6%
45–64 17,273 25.8%
65 and over 11,304 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,743
Establishments: 1,862

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,594 33.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,552 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,519 10.9%
Public administration 2,059 8.9%
Manufacturing 1,575 6.8%
Financial activities 1,427 6.2%
Construction 1,247 5.4%
Professional & business services 1,011 4.4%
Other services 705 3.1%
Information 225 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 111 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.1%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 16,670
Renter-occupied: 7,443

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,614 votes cast

Republican 21,521 75.2%
Democratic 6,811 23.8%
Other / third-party 282 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 310 0.5%
Other Indo-European 129 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 58 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 57 0.1%
German 56 0.1%
Arabic 55 0.1%
Other 42 0.1%
Slavic languages 22 0.0%
Chinese 14 0.0%
Tagalog 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,113
Family households: 16,030; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 11,478
Single-mother households: 1,713
Veterans: 4,234; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,577 27.8%
Catholic 3,313 5.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,389 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 900 1.3%
Black Protestant 100 0.1%
Orthodox 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 21.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Farmington, Fredericktown, Potosi, Ste. Genevieve

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 20.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023