Jury Pool Profile

Stoddard County, Missouri

Republican +74 (2024)

Population: 28,547
Median household income: $54,067
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,770 93.8%
Black or African American alone 275 1.0%
Asian alone 99 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 133 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 55 0.2%
Some other race alone 130 0.5%
Two or more races 1,085 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 597 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 6,371 22.3%
18–24 2,155 7.5%
25–44 6,742 23.6%
45–64 7,462 26.1%
65 and over 5,817 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,866
Establishments: 866

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,554 25.7%
Manufacturing 2,118 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,091 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 750 7.5%
Construction 531 5.3%
Public administration 472 4.7%
Financial activities 461 4.6%
Natural resources & mining 415 4.2%
Professional & business services 375 3.8%
Other services 119 1.2%
Information 63 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $737
Owner-occupied: 8,058
Renter-occupied: 3,335

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,599 votes cast

Republican 11,783 86.6%
Democratic 1,736 12.8%
Other / third-party 80 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 233 0.9%
German 58 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 43 0.2%
Other 37 0.1%
Vietnamese 12 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,393
Family households: 7,572; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,866
Single-mother households: 591
Veterans: 2,121; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,563 26.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,245 4.3%
Catholic 535 1.9%
Black Protestant 152 0.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Bloomfield, Kennett

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 27.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023