Jury Pool Profile

Appanoose County, Iowa

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 12,242
Median household income: $51,146
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,641 95.1%
Black or African American alone 121 1.0%
Asian alone 53 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 420 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 212 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 2,621 21.4%
18–24 826 6.7%
25–44 2,622 21.4%
45–64 3,308 27.0%
65 and over 2,865 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $518.5M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,114
Establishments: 410

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,187 25.7%
Education & health services 1,115 24.2%
Manufacturing 899 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 474 10.3%
Professional & business services 239 5.2%
Public administration 181 3.9%
Financial activities 159 3.4%
Construction 118 2.6%
Other services 101 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 61 1.3%
Information 47 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.1%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 3,460
Renter-occupied: 1,546

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,466 votes cast

Republican 4,704 72.7%
Democratic 1,686 26.1%
Other / third-party 76 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

German 479 4.1%
Spanish 42 0.4%
Other 40 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 13 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,006
Family households: 3,202; 64.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,510
Single-mother households: 283
Veterans: 832; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,527 12.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,469 11.9%
Catholic 638 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 334 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.3%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 10.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023