Jury Pool Profile

Black Hawk County, Iowa

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 130,693
Median household income: $64,581
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 105,125 80.4%
Black or African American alone 12,565 9.6%
Asian alone 3,232 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 542 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 706 0.5%
Some other race alone 2,643 2.0%
Two or more races 5,880 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,579 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 28,679 21.9%
18–24 18,917 14.5%
25–44 32,319 24.7%
45–64 27,945 21.4%
65 and over 22,833 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.0B; 3.78% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,631
Establishments: 3,947

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,763 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 15,050 21.2%
Manufacturing 13,298 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 6,932 9.8%
Professional & business services 6,096 8.6%
Financial activities 2,911 4.1%
Other services 2,761 3.9%
Construction 2,578 3.6%
Public administration 2,326 3.3%
Information 531 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 273 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $962
Owner-occupied: 35,102
Renter-occupied: 18,638

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 62,653 votes cast

Democratic 31,299 50.0%
Republican 30,572 48.8%
Other / third-party 782 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,313 3.5%
Slavic languages 2,245 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,383 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,005 0.8%
German 425 0.3%
Other 363 0.3%
Other Indo-European 337 0.3%
Vietnamese 211 0.2%
Chinese 205 0.2%
Arabic 205 0.2%
Tagalog 147 0.1%
Korean 89 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 53,740
Family households: 30,840; 57.4% of households
Married w/ children: 23,269
Single-mother households: 3,479
Veterans: 5,918; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 19,423 14.8%
Mainline Protestant 18,967 14.5%
Evangelical Protestant 11,339 8.6%
Black Protestant 9,399 7.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,029 3.8%
Orthodox 60 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Cresco, Decorah, Dubuque, Elkader, Grundy Center, Independence, Manchester, New Hampton, Waterloo, Waukon, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 12.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023