Jury Pool Profile

Butler County, Iowa

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 14,301
Median household income: $69,651
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,632 95.3%
Black or African American alone 24 0.2%
Asian alone 168 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 110 0.8%
Two or more races 351 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 231 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 3,215 22.5%
18–24 964 6.7%
25–44 3,205 22.4%
45–64 3,659 25.6%
65 and over 3,258 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $705.3M; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,211
Establishments: 424

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,014 27.5%
Education & health services 899 24.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 662 17.9%
Professional & business services 298 8.1%
Public administration 240 6.5%
Construction 140 3.8%
Leisure & hospitality 139 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 114 3.1%
Financial activities 109 3.0%
Other services 49 1.3%
Information 14 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $780
Owner-occupied: 4,710
Renter-occupied: 1,177

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,027 votes cast

Republican 5,784 72.1%
Democratic 2,144 26.7%
Other / third-party 99 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 178 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 84 0.6%
German 71 0.5%
Tagalog 42 0.3%
Other Indo-European 12 0.1%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,887
Family households: 4,179; 71.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,471
Single-mother households: 238
Veterans: 818; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,194 36.2%
Evangelical Protestant 937 6.5%
Catholic 407 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 16 (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: Allison, Boone, Carroll, Charles City, Clarion, Dakota City, Eldora, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Garner, Hampton, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Mason City, Nevada, Northwood, Osage, Pocahontas, Rockwell City, Sac City, Waverly, Webster City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023