Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Iowa

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 3,641
Median household income: $68,828
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,475 95.4%
Black or African American alone 13 0.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3 0.1%
Two or more races 130 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.6

Under 18 796 21.9%
18–24 192 5.3%
25–44 780 21.4%
45–64 999 27.4%
65 and over 874 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $265.9M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,596
Establishments: 148

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 264 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 227 19.1%
Manufacturing 203 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 92 7.8%
Public administration 85 7.2%
Financial activities 40 3.4%
Professional & business services 24 2.0%
Other services 20 1.7%
Information 14 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $909
Owner-occupied: 1,174
Renter-occupied: 356

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,131 votes cast

Republican 1,517 71.2%
Democratic 576 27.0%
Other / third-party 38 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 36 1.0%
German 7 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,530
Family households: 971; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 806
Single-mother households: 66
Veterans: 252; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,085 29.3%
Catholic 221 6.0%
Evangelical Protestant 139 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 27 (District Court judges per Judicial Election District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). District Associate, Associate Juvenile, and Magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) are separately allocated and not counted here. Vintage 2026 iowacourts.gov directory; counts cross-checked against Iowa Code § 602.6201.)
Court seats: Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023