Jury Pool Profile
Audubon County, Iowa
- County seat
- Audubon
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 5,509
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,599.
At a glance
Audubon County is a 5,509-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $68,732, $6,891 below the IA state median of $75,623; 20.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 20.3% of covered employment, average pay $54,978/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.47%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 63% to 68% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 5,599
- Median household income
- $58,229
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.
Audubon County has a population of 5,599, with a median age of 47.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.5%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 2.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,732; 20.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 390, Trade, transportation & utilities about 370.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 20.3% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 15.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.47%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Audubon County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.4% in 2024, 67.1% in 2020, 63.2% 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'). 2.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 7.7% of the adult civilian population (336 individuals).