Jury Pool Profile

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Republican +12 (2024)

Population: 42,785
Median household income: $65,537
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,939 91.0%
Black or African American alone 957 2.2%
Asian alone 518 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 168 0.4%
Some other race alone 320 0.7%
Two or more races 1,809 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,331 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 8,964 21.0%
18–24 3,184 7.4%
25–44 9,708 22.7%
45–64 11,084 25.9%
65 and over 9,845 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 1.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,949
Establishments: 1,681

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,942 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,235 22.2%
Manufacturing 2,718 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,225 9.5%
Professional & business services 2,098 8.9%
Construction 1,281 5.4%
Public administration 1,055 4.5%
Financial activities 768 3.3%
Other services 697 3.0%
Information 264 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 157 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.6%
Median gross rent: $840
Owner-occupied: 13,915
Renter-occupied: 5,506

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,942 votes cast

Republican 12,627 55.0%
Democratic 9,955 43.4%
Other / third-party 360 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 911 2.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 200 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 74 0.2%
Slavic languages 69 0.2%
German 61 0.2%
Chinese 47 0.1%
Other 46 0.1%
Tagalog 29 0.1%
Other Indo-European 16 0.0%
Arabic 15 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%
Vietnamese 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,421
Family households: 11,229; 57.8% of households
Married w/ children: 8,988
Single-mother households: 904
Veterans: 2,463; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 10,452 24.2%
Evangelical Protestant 7,254 16.8%
Catholic 5,920 13.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 981 2.3%
Orthodox 275 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

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: 1; 2.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023