Jury Pool Profile

Buchanan County, Iowa

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 20,645
Median household income: $78,430
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,907 96.4%
Black or African American alone 154 0.7%
Asian alone 46 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 52 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.1%
Some other race alone 35 0.2%
Two or more races 435 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 372 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 5,308 25.7%
18–24 1,466 7.1%
25–44 4,858 23.5%
45–64 5,240 25.4%
65 and over 3,773 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,047
Establishments: 638

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,610 24.3%
Manufacturing 1,472 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,347 20.4%
Construction 434 6.6%
Leisure & hospitality 426 6.4%
Public administration 338 5.1%
Financial activities 250 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 206 3.1%
Professional & business services 188 2.8%
Other services 78 1.2%
Information 52 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.1%
Median gross rent: $802
Owner-occupied: 6,609
Renter-occupied: 1,541

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,714 votes cast

Republican 6,790 63.4%
Democratic 3,766 35.2%
Other / third-party 158 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

German 454 2.4%
Spanish 216 1.1%
Slavic languages 48 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Tagalog 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,150
Family households: 5,568; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,551
Single-mother households: 445
Veterans: 1,055; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,026 19.6%
Catholic 4,004 19.5%
Evangelical Protestant 2,588 12.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 12.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

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: 2; 13.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023