Jury Pool Profile

Buena Vista County, Iowa

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 20,684
Median household income: $66,564
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,633 65.9%
Black or African American alone 637 3.1%
Asian alone 2,095 10.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 519 2.5%
Some other race alone 1,887 9.1%
Two or more races 1,869 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,924 28.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 5,521 26.7%
18–24 2,091 10.1%
25–44 5,010 24.2%
45–64 4,745 22.9%
65 and over 3,317 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,893
Establishments: 610

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,630 34.0%
Education & health services 2,414 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,599 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 809 7.6%
Professional & business services 483 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 449 4.2%
Public administration 383 3.6%
Construction 379 3.5%
Financial activities 310 2.9%
Other services 129 1.2%
Information 52 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.5%
Median gross rent: $835
Owner-occupied: 5,465
Renter-occupied: 2,078

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,516 votes cast

Republican 4,962 66.0%
Democratic 2,462 32.8%
Other / third-party 92 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

63.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,607 23.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,916 10.0%
Other 296 1.5%
German 55 0.3%
Tagalog 34 0.2%
Korean 28 0.1%
Other Indo-European 11 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,543
Family households: 4,558; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,692
Single-mother households: 458
Veterans: 644; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,921 18.8%
Catholic 3,283 15.8%
Evangelical Protestant 2,604 12.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 635 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 8.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 19.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023