Jury Pool Profile

Decatur County, Iowa

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 7,669
Median household income: $57,146
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,127 92.9%
Black or African American alone 126 1.6%
Asian alone 40 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 22 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 80 1.0%
Two or more races 273 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 250 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 1,730 22.6%
18–24 1,170 15.3%
25–44 1,529 19.9%
45–64 1,641 21.4%
65 and over 1,599 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $277.6M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,983
Establishments: 224

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 846 37.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 628 27.7%
Natural resources & mining 168 7.4%
Leisure & hospitality 152 6.7%
Public administration 107 4.7%
Manufacturing 84 3.7%
Financial activities 77 3.4%
Construction 73 3.2%
Professional & business services 49 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.0%
Median gross rent: $663
Owner-occupied: 2,073
Renter-occupied: 976

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,727 votes cast

Republican 2,711 72.7%
Democratic 957 25.7%
Other / third-party 59 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

German 285 4.0%
Spanish 86 1.2%
Other 32 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.3%
Korean 19 0.3%
Other Indo-European 12 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
Arabic 4 0.1%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,049
Family households: 1,901; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,565
Single-mother households: 132
Veterans: 377; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,523 19.9%
Mainline Protestant 442 5.8%
Catholic 280 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 110 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

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: 4; 67.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023