Jury Pool Profile
Wright County, Missouri
Republican +76 (2024)
- Population
- 18,722
- Median household income
- $47,304
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 17,450 93.2%
- Black or African American alone 35 0.2%
- Asian alone 81 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.1%
- Some other race alone 156 0.8%
- Two or more races 958 5.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 460 2.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.2
- Under 18 4,898 26.2%
- 18–24 1,405 7.5%
- 25–44 4,057 21.7%
- 45–64 4,659 24.9%
- 65 and over 3,703 19.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.3%
- +1.31 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $578.8M
- 0.13% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $39,897
- Establishments
- 576
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,328 28.6%
- Education & health services 1,173 25.2%
- Manufacturing 658 14.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 411 8.8%
- Public administration 254 5.5%
- Construction 246 5.3%
- Financial activities 180 3.9%
- Professional & business services 174 3.7%
- Other services 157 3.4%
- Natural resources & mining 45 1.0%
- Information 20 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.6%
- Median gross rent
- $558
- Owner-occupied
- 5,401
- Renter-occupied
- 1,563
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 8,978 votes cast
- Republican 7,850 87.4%
- Democratic 1,057 11.8%
- Other / third-party 71 0.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.8% speak only English at home
- German 651 3.7%
- Spanish 54 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
- Tagalog 5 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 6,964
- Family households
- 4,880
- 70.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,848
- Single-mother households
- 531
- Veterans
- 1,650
- 11.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
65.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 10,901 59.9%
- Mainline Protestant 484 2.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 326 1.8%
- Catholic 188 1.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 84.3%
- With a disability
- 19.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 14.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 44th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Ava, Gainesville, Hartville
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 43.4 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023