Jury Pool Profile
Black Hawk County, Iowa
- County seat
- Waterloo
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 131,532
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 131,049.
At a glance
Black Hawk County is a 131,532-person venue. The county population is 79% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,553, $5,070 below the IA state median of $75,623; 30.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 22.8% of covered employment, average pay $57,858/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.89%, above the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 54% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 131,049
- Median household income
- $66,417
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 79% / 9%.
Black Hawk County has a population of 131,049, with a median age of 35.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 79.5%; Black residents 9.3%. Independently, 5.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $70,553; 30.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.2% 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 17,920, Trade, transportation & utilities about 15,070.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 22.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.89%, above the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 51%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Black Hawk County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 50.0% in 2024, 53.5% in 2020, 50.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 57% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 5.7% of the adult civilian population (5,839 individuals).