Jury Pool Profile
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
- County seat
- Ste. Genevieve
- Judicial district
- 24th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 18,689
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 18,571.
At a glance
Ste. Genevieve County is an 18,689-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $78,977, $7,394 above the MO state median of $71,583; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 24.0% of covered employment, average pay $87,697/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.12%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 65% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 18,571
- Median household income
- $66,339
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 1%.
Ste. Genevieve County has a population of 18,571, with a median age of 43.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.9%; Black residents 1.2%. Independently, 1.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $78,977; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, 1,482 jobs; Education & health services, 1,372, is within 20% of it.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 24.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.12%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ste. Genevieve County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.9% in 2024, 69.9% in 2020, 65.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (1,079 individuals).