Jury Pool Profile
Cedar County, Iowa
- County seat
- Tipton
- Judicial district
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 18,359
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 18,349.
At a glance
Cedar County is an 18,359-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $84,970, $9,347 above the IA state median of $75,623; 23.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.0% of covered employment, average pay $53,993/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.05%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 56% to 60% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 18,349
- Median household income
- $80,602
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 0%.
Cedar County has a population of 18,349, with a median age of 44.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.9%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 2.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $84,970; 23.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,380, Education & health services about 1,340.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 26.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 12.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.05%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Cedar County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.1% in 2024, 57.6% in 2020, 56.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.7% of the adult civilian population (1,119 individuals).