Jury Pool Profile

Benton County, Iowa

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 25,698
Median household income: $84,742
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,484 95.3%
Black or African American alone 104 0.4%
Asian alone 51 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 293 1.1%
Two or more races 737 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 479 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 5,941 23.1%
18–24 1,807 7.0%
25–44 5,789 22.5%
45–64 7,199 28.0%
65 and over 4,962 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,216
Establishments: 720

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,540 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,346 22.2%
Manufacturing 753 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 425 7.0%
Construction 420 6.9%
Professional & business services 412 6.8%
Public administration 407 6.7%
Financial activities 236 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 200 3.3%
Other services 115 1.9%
Information 106 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.3%
Median gross rent: $815
Owner-occupied: 8,520
Renter-occupied: 1,591

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,470 votes cast

Republican 9,549 66.0%
Democratic 4,739 32.8%
Other / third-party 182 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 344 1.4%
German 246 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.2%
Other Indo-European 19 0.1%
Other 17 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,111
Family households: 6,875; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,801
Single-mother households: 448
Veterans: 1,739; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,519 17.7%
Catholic 3,513 13.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,735 10.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 719 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.0%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 14 (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: Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marengo, Toledo, Vinton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 10.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023