Jury Pool Profile
Worth County, Missouri
- County seat
- Grant City
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,914
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,934.
At a glance
Worth County is a 1,914-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,490, $6,093 below the MO state median of $71,583; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 31.9% of covered employment, average pay $33,177/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.1%, below the 3.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 1,934
- Median household income
- $47,847
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 0%.
Worth County has a population of 1,934, with a median age of 48.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.2%; Black residents 0.1%.
The median household earns $65,490; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 32% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 31.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 23.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.1%, below the Missouri state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Worth County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.8% in 2024, 79.2% in 2020, 77.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.9% of the adult civilian population (119 individuals).