Jury Pool Profile
St. Louis County, Missouri
Democratic +23 (2024)
- Population
- 996,618
- Median household income
- $81,340
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 627,542 63.0%
- Black or African American alone 240,688 24.2%
- Asian alone 46,784 4.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,067 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 210 0.0%
- Some other race alone 16,264 1.6%
- Two or more races 64,063 6.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37,209 3.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.2
- Under 18 220,471 22.1%
- 18–24 83,674 8.4%
- 25–44 253,238 25.4%
- 45–64 253,085 25.4%
- 65 and over 186,150 18.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.2%
- +0.22 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $114.8B
- 25.59% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $75,926
- Establishments
- 45,255
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 136,924 22.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 116,888 19.6%
- Professional & business services 107,877 18.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 60,685 10.2%
- Manufacturing 48,913 8.2%
- Financial activities 48,233 8.1%
- Construction 34,397 5.8%
- Other services 17,190 2.9%
- Information 12,586 2.1%
- Public administration 11,457 1.9%
- Natural resources & mining 1,530 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.0%
- Median gross rent
- $1,164
- Owner-occupied
- 286,352
- Renter-occupied
- 128,387
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BJC HealthCare | Healthcare | 30,000 |
| 2 | Washington University in St. Louis | Education | 17,000 |
| 3 | Boeing (St. Louis) | Aerospace / Defense | 16,000 |
| 4 | SSM Health | Healthcare | 15,000 |
| 5 | Schnuck Markets | Retail | 13,000 |
| 6 | Mercy | Healthcare | 12,000 |
| 7 | Express Scripts (Cigna) | Healthcare / Pharmacy Benefits | 8,000 |
| 8 | Edward Jones | Financial Services | 7,000 |
| 9 | Enterprise Holdings | Transportation / Auto Rental | 7,000 |
| 10 | Centene Corporation | Healthcare / Insurance | 5,000 |
Source: Greater St. Louis, Inc. (2025)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 502,356 votes cast
- Democratic 305,635 60.8%
- Republican 187,982 37.4%
- Other / third-party 8,739 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
89.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 24,982 2.7%
- Other Indo-European 13,919 1.5%
- Slavic languages 13,688 1.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 10,667 1.1%
- Chinese 9,393 1.0%
- Other 6,305 0.7%
- Arabic 3,932 0.4%
- Vietnamese 3,258 0.3%
- German 3,137 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2,804 0.3%
- Tagalog 2,417 0.3%
- Korean 1,847 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 414,739
- Family households
- 257,582
- 62.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 186,186
- Single-mother households
- 27,353
- Veterans
- 47,020
- 6.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
50.7% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 256,837 25.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 131,051 13.1%
- Mainline Protestant 59,671 5.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 38,121 3.8%
- Black Protestant 20,500 2.0%
- Orthodox 3,263 0.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.2%
- With a disability
- 11.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 46.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 21st Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 35 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Clayton
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 99
- 12.76 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 92
NHTSA FARS 2023