Jury Pool Profile

Cedar County, Iowa

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 18,427
Median household income: $79,080
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,581 95.4%
Black or African American alone 95 0.5%
Asian alone 99 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 76 0.4%
Two or more races 559 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 474 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 3,953 21.5%
18–24 1,243 6.7%
25–44 4,316 23.4%
45–64 5,127 27.8%
65 and over 3,788 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $811.5M; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,261
Establishments: 588

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,370 26.5%
Education & health services 1,278 24.7%
Manufacturing 600 11.6%
Professional & business services 444 8.6%
Leisure & hospitality 296 5.7%
Construction 292 5.6%
Natural resources & mining 168 3.2%
Other services 148 2.9%
Financial activities 144 2.8%
Information 61 1.2%
Public administration 32 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.8%
Median gross rent: $860
Owner-occupied: 6,092
Renter-occupied: 1,447

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,624 votes cast

Republican 6,390 60.1%
Democratic 4,075 38.4%
Other / third-party 159 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 191 1.1%
Tagalog 60 0.3%
Other 9 0.1%
German 8 0.0%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,539
Family households: 5,068; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,100
Single-mother households: 505
Veterans: 1,223; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,137 22.4%
Catholic 1,514 8.2%
Evangelical Protestant 823 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Clinton, Davenport, Maquoketa, Muscatine, Tipton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 34.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023