Delaware County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,514 94.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 301 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 650 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 56 0.3%

• Under 18 4,084 23.3%
• 18–24 1,241 7.1%
• 25–44 3,753 21.4%
• 45–64 4,696 26.7%
• 65 and over 3,784 21.6%

Median household income

$79,407

90% interval $71,519–$87,295

+$3,784 vs IA · 24th of 99

Below poverty line

8.5%

90% interval 6.5%–10.5%

−2.7 pp vs IA · 82nd of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.47% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,057

Establishments

597

• Manufacturing 1,771 25.7%
• Education & health services 1,613 23.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,385 20.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 436 6.3%
• Construction 348 5.1%
• Financial activities 332 4.8%
• Public administration 278 4.0%
• Professional & business services 277 4.0%
• Other services 175 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 101 1.5%
• Information 47 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 98.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.6%

+7.9 pp vs IA · 27th of 99

Median gross rent

$764

−$208 vs IA · 72nd of 99

Owner-occupied

5,865

Renter-occupied

1,504

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $76,067/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,492/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 6,984 69.1%
• Democratic 2,978 29.5%
• Other / third-party 150 1.5%

• Spanish 246 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 132 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

7,369

Family households

4,742

64.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,405

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

278

5.9% of families

Veterans

853

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,428 36.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,369 7.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,304 7.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 211 1.2%

Health insured

96.7%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±1.2 pp

86th of 99

With a disability

15.1%

±1.9 pp

27th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±2.8 pp

−8.8 pp vs IA · 46th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.2%

90% interval 5.5%–6.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

14.84 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2