Jury Pool Profile
Cherokee County, Iowa
Republican +46 (2024)
- Population
- 11,587
- Median household income
- $64,478
- Unemployment
- 2.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,535 90.9%
- Black or African American alone 253 2.2%
- Asian alone 67 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 121 1.0%
- Two or more races 611 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 551 4.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 44.5
- Under 18 2,522 21.8%
- 18–24 739 6.4%
- 25–44 2,614 22.6%
- 45–64 2,867 24.7%
- 65 and over 2,845 24.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.7%
- -0.73 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.41% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $50,452
- Establishments
- 452
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,295 26.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,142 23.5%
- Manufacturing 426 8.8%
- Professional & business services 336 6.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 335 6.9%
- Construction 243 5.0%
- Public administration 223 4.6%
- Natural resources & mining 181 3.7%
- Financial activities 172 3.5%
- Other services 62 1.3%
- Information 42 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.3%
- Median gross rent
- $711
- Owner-occupied
- 3,726
- Renter-occupied
- 1,356
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,089 votes cast
- Republican 4,398 72.2%
- Democratic 1,611 26.5%
- Other / third-party 80 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 529 4.8%
- Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.4%
- German 30 0.3%
- Arabic 12 0.1%
- Chinese 10 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,082
- Family households
- 3,085
- 60.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,557
- Single-mother households
- 239
- Veterans
- 822
- 9.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
59.7% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 3,269 28.0%
- Catholic 2,102 18.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,589 13.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.9%
- With a disability
- 11.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 11.03 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023