Jury Pool Profile

Dallas County, Iowa

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 104,136
Median household income: $102,349
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 88,381 84.9%
Black or African American alone 2,568 2.5%
Asian alone 4,837 4.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 185 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 40 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,771 1.7%
Two or more races 6,354 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,954 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 27,939 26.8%
18–24 7,641 7.3%
25–44 32,061 30.8%
45–64 23,491 22.6%
65 and over 13,004 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.1B; 4.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $76,316
Establishments: 3,600

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Financial activities 17,532 31.7%
Education & health services 10,933 19.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,562 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 5,891 10.7%
Professional & business services 4,279 7.7%
Construction 1,832 3.3%
Manufacturing 1,578 2.9%
Information 1,011 1.8%
Public administration 998 1.8%
Other services 782 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 646 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.5%
Median gross rent: $1,239
Owner-occupied: 28,397
Renter-occupied: 12,471

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 62,633 votes cast

Republican 32,374 51.7%
Democratic 29,402 46.9%
Other / third-party 857 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,569 4.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,829 1.9%
Slavic languages 1,445 1.5%
Other Indo-European 1,232 1.3%
Arabic 1,038 1.1%
Other 462 0.5%
German 448 0.5%
Chinese 363 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 287 0.3%
Vietnamese 273 0.3%
Tagalog 170 0.2%
Korean 130 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,868
Family households: 26,894; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 22,256
Single-mother households: 1,693
Veterans: 4,417; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 25,070 25.2%
Catholic 8,981 9.0%
Evangelical Protestant 6,844 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,875 5.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 7.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 51.6%

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: 14; 18.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023