Jury Pool Profile
Vernon County, Missouri
Republican +60 (2024)
- Population
- 19,713
- Median household income
- $54,519
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 18,657 94.6%
- Black or African American alone 151 0.8%
- Asian alone 139 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
- Some other race alone 71 0.4%
- Two or more races 674 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 493 2.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.7
- Under 18 4,706 23.9%
- 18–24 1,615 8.2%
- 25–44 4,365 22.1%
- 45–64 5,006 25.4%
- 65 and over 4,021 20.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.9%
- -0.03 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.25% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,600
- Establishments
- 724
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,135 32.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,397 21.2%
- Manufacturing 937 14.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 614 9.3%
- Natural resources & mining 306 4.6%
- Public administration 299 4.5%
- Construction 279 4.2%
- Professional & business services 213 3.2%
- Financial activities 185 2.8%
- Other services 162 2.5%
- Information 57 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 72.6%
- Median gross rent
- $722
- Owner-occupied
- 5,674
- Renter-occupied
- 2,141
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 8,973 votes cast
- Republican 7,112 79.3%
- Democratic 1,774 19.8%
- Other / third-party 87 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
93.5% speak only English at home
- German 921 5.0%
- Spanish 92 0.5%
- Other Indo-European 91 0.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.2%
- Tagalog 15 0.1%
- Slavic languages 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,815
- Family households
- 4,735
- 60.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,833
- Single-mother households
- 275
- Veterans
- 832
- 5.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
43.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 6,492 32.9%
- Mainline Protestant 1,312 6.7%
- Catholic 550 2.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 211 1.1%
- Black Protestant 70 0.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 84.4%
- With a disability
- 18.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 28th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 5 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Greenfield, Lamar, Nevada, Stockton
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 26.65 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023