Jury Pool Profile

Webster County, Missouri

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 39,868
Median household income: $69,731
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,858 92.5%
Black or African American alone 455 1.1%
Asian alone 61 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 119 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 84 0.2%
Some other race alone 463 1.2%
Two or more races 1,828 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 882 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.9

Under 18 10,945 27.5%
18–24 3,193 8.0%
25–44 9,660 24.2%
45–64 9,821 24.6%
65 and over 6,249 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,339
Establishments: 875

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,065 24.1%
Manufacturing 1,710 20.0%
Education & health services 1,707 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 785 9.2%
Construction 666 7.8%
Public administration 554 6.5%
Professional & business services 542 6.3%
Financial activities 237 2.8%
Other services 197 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 67 0.8%
Information 39 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $777
Owner-occupied: 10,531
Renter-occupied: 3,220

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,808 votes cast

Republican 15,984 80.7%
Democratic 3,653 18.4%
Other / third-party 171 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

German 1,810 4.9%
Spanish 177 0.5%
Slavic languages 160 0.4%
Arabic 69 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 63 0.2%
Other 50 0.1%
Tagalog 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,751
Family households: 10,232; 74.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,549
Single-mother households: 723
Veterans: 2,944; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,697 40.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,285 3.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,115 2.9%
Black Protestant 30 0.1%
Catholic 28 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.6%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Bolivar, Buffalo, Hermitage, Marshfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 27.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023