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Jury Pool Profile

Stone County, Missouri

Republican +61 (2024)
Population
31,697
Median household income
$61,323
Unemployment
6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 29,877 94.3%
  • Black or African American alone 104 0.3%
  • Asian alone 141 0.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 51 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 365 1.2%
  • Two or more races 1,149 3.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 866 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 54.4

  • Under 18 5,336 16.8%
  • 18–24 1,719 5.4%
  • 25–44 5,655 17.8%
  • 45–64 9,060 28.6%
  • 65 and over 9,927 31.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
6.3%
+2.32 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.1B
0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay
$38,944
Establishments
851

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 2,527 34.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,306 17.9%
  • Education & health services 1,063 14.6%
  • Construction 678 9.3%
  • Professional & business services 668 9.2%
  • Public administration 323 4.4%
  • Other services 270 3.7%
  • Financial activities 240 3.3%
  • Manufacturing 145 2.0%
  • Information 52 0.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 27 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
83.7%
Median gross rent
$892
Owner-occupied
11,011
Renter-occupied
2,150

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,122 votes cast

  • Republican 15,357 80.3%
  • Democratic 3,620 18.9%
  • Other / third-party 145 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 383 1.3%
  • Other Indo-European 127 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 112 0.4%
  • German 39 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.1%
  • Chinese 19 0.1%
  • Tagalog 3 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
13,161
Family households
8,911
67.7% of households
Married w/ children
7,622
Single-mother households
440
Veterans
2,933
11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 6,097 19.6%
  • Catholic 2,135 6.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,397 4.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 697 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.6%
With a disability
19.1%
Bachelor's or higher
23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
39th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats
Cassville, Galena, Mount Vernon

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
11
41.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
10

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Stone County, Missouri to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.