Jury Pool Profile

Chickasaw County, Iowa

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 11,868
Median household income: $73,421
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,325 95.4%
Black or African American alone 88 0.7%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 81 0.7%
Two or more races 330 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 470 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 2,769 23.3%
18–24 915 7.7%
25–44 2,489 21.0%
45–64 3,075 25.9%
65 and over 2,620 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,425
Establishments: 430

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,504 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,171 22.9%
Education & health services 829 16.2%
Professional & business services 278 5.4%
Leisure & hospitality 271 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 266 5.2%
Construction 244 4.8%
Financial activities 164 3.2%
Public administration 25 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.4%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 4,058
Renter-occupied: 927

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,230 votes cast

Republican 4,234 68.0%
Democratic 1,919 30.8%
Other / third-party 77 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

German 309 2.8%
Spanish 304 2.7%
Slavic languages 13 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%
Other 11 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,985
Family households: 3,236; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,675
Single-mother households: 199
Veterans: 564; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,025 33.5%
Catholic 3,586 29.9%
Evangelical Protestant 1,103 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 146 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 14 (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: Cresco, Decorah, Dubuque, Elkader, Grundy Center, Independence, Manchester, New Hampton, Waterloo, Waukon, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 21.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023