Jury Pool Profile

Clarke County, Iowa

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 9,690
Median household income: $66,821
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,324 85.9%
Black or African American alone 4 0.0%
Asian alone 56 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 620 6.4%
Two or more races 681 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,579 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 2,474 25.5%
18–24 798 8.2%
25–44 2,111 21.8%
45–64 2,398 24.7%
65 and over 1,909 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $638.9M; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,976
Establishments: 248

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,539 32.7%
Education & health services 923 19.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 917 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 478 10.2%
Natural resources & mining 228 4.9%
Professional & business services 110 2.3%
Construction 99 2.1%
Financial activities 98 2.1%
Other services 29 0.6%
Public administration 13 0.3%
Information 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.5%
Median gross rent: $836
Owner-occupied: 2,779
Renter-occupied: 1,222

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,459 votes cast

Republican 3,140 70.4%
Democratic 1,265 28.4%
Other / third-party 54 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 960 10.7%
German 143 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 58 0.6%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,001
Family households: 2,671; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,087
Single-mother households: 251
Veterans: 517; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,039 20.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,025 10.5%
Catholic 895 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 209 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 27 (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: Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 41.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023