Jury Pool Profile

Des Moines County, Iowa

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 38,597
Median household income: $60,662
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,312 86.3%
Black or African American alone 1,628 4.2%
Asian alone 439 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 258 0.7%
Two or more races 2,852 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,351 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 8,444 21.9%
18–24 3,198 8.3%
25–44 9,043 23.4%
45–64 9,768 25.3%
65 and over 8,144 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.83 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 1.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,718
Establishments: 1,405

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,942 24.9%
Manufacturing 4,073 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,023 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,497 12.6%
Professional & business services 1,198 6.0%
Construction 856 4.3%
Public administration 808 4.1%
Financial activities 642 3.2%
Other services 447 2.3%
Information 146 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 79 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $908
Owner-occupied: 12,495
Renter-occupied: 4,693

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,998 votes cast

Republican 10,794 56.8%
Democratic 7,935 41.8%
Other / third-party 269 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 811 2.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 254 0.7%
German 68 0.2%
Other Indo-European 51 0.1%
Chinese 44 0.1%
Slavic languages 38 0.1%
Arabic 35 0.1%
Other 14 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.0%
Korean 9 0.0%
Tagalog 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,188
Family households: 10,281; 59.8% of households
Married w/ children: 7,512
Single-mother households: 1,277
Veterans: 2,478; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,406 13.9%
Catholic 3,904 10.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,363 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,046 5.3%
Black Protestant 250 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 3.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023