Jury Pool Profile
Wayne County, Missouri
Republican +73 (2024)
- Population
- 10,942
- Median household income
- $43,393
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,238 93.6%
- Black or African American alone 42 0.4%
- Asian alone 27 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 114 1.0%
- Two or more races 521 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 113 1.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 48.2
- Under 18 2,216 20.3%
- 18–24 691 6.3%
- 25–44 2,215 20.2%
- 45–64 3,159 28.9%
- 65 and over 2,661 24.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.0%
- +2.01 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $259.8M
- 0.06% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $38,066
- Establishments
- 388
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 780 34.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 300 13.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 295 13.0%
- Manufacturing 259 11.4%
- Public administration 147 6.5%
- Professional & business services 99 4.4%
- Natural resources & mining 91 4.0%
- Construction 79 3.5%
- Financial activities 67 3.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.0%
- Median gross rent
- $632
- Owner-occupied
- 3,422
- Renter-occupied
- 1,081
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,847 votes cast
- Republican 5,030 86.0%
- Democratic 783 13.4%
- Other / third-party 34 0.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
99.1% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 51 0.5%
- Spanish 34 0.3%
- German 7 0.1%
- Vietnamese 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,503
- Family households
- 2,683
- 59.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,182
- Single-mother households
- 149
- Veterans
- 761
- 8.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
33.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 2,632 24.0%
- Mainline Protestant 744 6.8%
- Black Protestant 130 1.2%
- Catholic 110 1.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 86.1%
- With a disability
- 29.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 11.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 42nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 7 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Centerville, Greenville, Ironton, Salem, Steelville
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 22.92 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023