Jury Pool Profile
Stoddard County, Missouri
- County seat
- Bloomfield
- Judicial district
- 35th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 28,284
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 28,470.
At a glance
Stoddard County is a 28,284-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $55,245, $16,338 below the MO state median of $71,583; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.8% of covered employment, average pay $41,587/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.12%, above the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 83% to 87% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 28,470
- Median household income
- $57,957
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 1%.
Stoddard County has a population of 28,470, with a median age of 42.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.5%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 2.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $55,245; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 2,612 jobs; Manufacturing, 2,217, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.8% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 21.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.12%, above the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 85%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Stoddard County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.6% in 2024, 85.5% in 2020, 83.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (2,013 individuals).