Dickinson County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,795 93.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 513 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 83 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 583 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,429 19.1%
• 18–24 1,041 5.8%
• 25–44 3,740 20.8%
• 45–64 4,701 26.1%
• 65 and over 5,079 28.2%

Median household income

$86,022

90% interval $77,646–$94,398

+$10,399 vs IA · 6th of 99

Below poverty line

8.1%

90% interval 6.4%–9.8%

−3.1 pp vs IA · 86th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,954

Establishments

950

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,105 21.5%
• Education & health services 1,744 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,725 17.6%
• Manufacturing 1,472 15.0%
• Professional & business services 1,064 10.9%
• Construction 572 5.8%
• Financial activities 344 3.5%
• Public administration 245 2.5%
• Other services 192 2.0%
• Natural resources & mining 110 1.1%
• Information 110 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+5.8 pp vs IA · 39th of 99

Median gross rent

$922

−$50 vs IA · 16th of 99

Owner-occupied

6,851

Renter-occupied

1,994

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $80,916/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,992/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 7,775 69.5%
• Democratic 3,297 29.5%
• Other / third-party 120 1.1%

• Spanish 172 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 56 0.3%
• Tagalog 42 0.2%

Households

8,845

Family households

5,198

58.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,446

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

220

4.2% of families

Veterans

1,159

8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

97.4%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

2.6%

±0.8 pp

95th of 99

With a disability

14.7%

±2.2 pp

35th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

31.2%

±2.4 pp

−0.2 pp vs IA · 12th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.7%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

13.74 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2