Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Iowa

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 16,446
Median household income: $64,082
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,552 94.6%
Black or African American alone 90 0.5%
Asian alone 54 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 72 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 60 0.4%
Two or more races 618 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 743 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 3,803 23.1%
18–24 1,256 7.6%
25–44 3,696 22.5%
45–64 4,091 24.9%
65 and over 3,600 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,504
Establishments: 742

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,472 29.0%
Education & health services 2,171 25.4%
Professional & business services 773 9.1%
Manufacturing 657 7.7%
Leisure & hospitality 649 7.6%
Construction 477 5.6%
Public administration 391 4.6%
Financial activities 274 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 249 2.9%
Other services 196 2.3%
Information 126 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $798
Owner-occupied: 5,270
Renter-occupied: 1,979

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,514 votes cast

Republican 6,047 71.0%
Democratic 2,367 27.8%
Other / third-party 100 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 229 1.5%
Other 62 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.2%
German 29 0.2%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,249
Family households: 4,018; 55.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,240
Single-mother households: 412
Veterans: 1,041; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.5% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,019 30.6%
Evangelical Protestant 2,774 16.9%
Catholic 2,282 13.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 498 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023