Jury Pool Profile

Dickinson County, Iowa

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 17,844
Median household income: $74,570
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,870 94.5%
Black or African American alone 10 0.1%
Asian alone 132 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 81 0.5%
Two or more races 747 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 478 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

Under 18 3,433 19.2%
18–24 1,087 6.1%
25–44 3,782 21.2%
45–64 4,621 25.9%
65 and over 4,921 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,626
Establishments: 958

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,135 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,805 18.0%
Education & health services 1,720 17.2%
Manufacturing 1,563 15.6%
Professional & business services 1,233 12.3%
Construction 535 5.3%
Financial activities 327 3.3%
Public administration 304 3.0%
Other services 188 1.9%
Information 104 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 83 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $930
Owner-occupied: 6,631
Renter-occupied: 2,019

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,192 votes cast

Republican 7,775 69.5%
Democratic 3,297 29.5%
Other / third-party 120 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 187 1.1%
German 71 0.4%
Tagalog 69 0.4%
Slavic languages 31 0.2%
Chinese 24 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
Arabic 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,650
Family households: 4,864; 56.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,249
Single-mother households: 239
Veterans: 1,126; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,401 30.5%
Catholic 3,253 18.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,581 8.9%
Black Protestant 1,500 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 203 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 6.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023