Jury Pool Profile

Taney County, Missouri

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 56,382
Median household income: $58,258
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,996 86.9%
Black or African American alone 931 1.7%
Asian alone 557 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 161 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,210 2.1%
Two or more races 4,527 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,250 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 11,822 21.0%
18–24 5,740 10.2%
25–44 12,323 21.9%
45–64 13,920 24.7%
65 and over 12,577 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +2.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 0.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,907
Establishments: 2,133

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 11,297 39.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,581 19.5%
Education & health services 4,931 17.2%
Professional & business services 2,422 8.5%
Financial activities 1,176 4.1%
Construction 1,094 3.8%
Other services 701 2.4%
Public administration 664 2.3%
Manufacturing 518 1.8%
Information 224 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 27 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.9%
Median gross rent: $925
Owner-occupied: 14,816
Renter-occupied: 7,329

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,811 votes cast

Republican 21,236 79.2%
Democratic 5,329 19.9%
Other / third-party 246 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,492 4.7%
Other Indo-European 247 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 239 0.4%
Slavic languages 188 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 111 0.2%
German 108 0.2%
Tagalog 85 0.2%
Other 75 0.1%
Korean 38 0.1%
Chinese 34 0.1%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Vietnamese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,145
Family households: 14,523; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,049
Single-mother households: 899
Veterans: 3,993; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,747 37.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,995 3.6%
Mainline Protestant 964 1.7%
Catholic 542 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.2%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 46th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Forsyth

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 17.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023