Jury Pool Profile

Delaware County, Iowa

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 17,549
Median household income: $76,205
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,770 95.6%
Black or African American alone 2 0.0%
Asian alone 14 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 133 0.8%
Two or more races 611 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 284 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 4,115 23.4%
18–24 1,255 7.2%
25–44 3,642 20.8%
45–64 4,863 27.7%
65 and over 3,674 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,287
Establishments: 606

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,694 25.4%
Education & health services 1,574 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,351 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 388 5.8%
Construction 375 5.6%
Financial activities 325 4.9%
Public administration 308 4.6%
Professional & business services 256 3.8%
Other services 178 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 101 1.5%
Information 41 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.4%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 5,911
Renter-occupied: 1,265

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,112 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 217 1.3%
German 165 1.0%
Slavic languages 28 0.2%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 12 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,176
Family households: 4,785; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 4,024
Single-mother households: 261
Veterans: 793; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

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: 2; 14.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023