Jury Pool Profile

Clayton County, Iowa

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 17,069
Median household income: $62,326
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,368 95.9%
Black or African American alone 112 0.7%
Asian alone 53 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 94 0.6%
Two or more races 429 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 381 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 3,708 21.7%
18–24 1,145 6.7%
25–44 3,493 20.5%
45–64 4,567 26.8%
65 and over 4,156 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,349
Establishments: 614

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,760 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,145 18.4%
Manufacturing 959 15.4%
Construction 504 8.1%
Leisure & hospitality 482 7.7%
Public administration 369 5.9%
Natural resources & mining 330 5.3%
Professional & business services 262 4.2%
Financial activities 210 3.4%
Other services 112 1.8%
Information 79 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $764
Owner-occupied: 5,672
Renter-occupied: 1,734

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,381 votes cast

Republican 6,255 66.7%
Democratic 3,017 32.2%
Other / third-party 109 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

German 535 3.3%
Spanish 423 2.6%
Other 64 0.4%
Tagalog 40 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Korean 12 0.1%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,406
Family households: 4,560; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,723
Single-mother households: 291
Veterans: 997; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,811 34.1%
Catholic 3,359 19.7%
Evangelical Protestant 925 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 182 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

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: 3; 22.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023