Jury Pool Profile

Dubuque County, Iowa

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 98,948
Median household income: $75,919
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 88,908 89.9%
Black or African American alone 2,890 2.9%
Asian alone 1,225 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 748 0.8%
Some other race alone 966 1.0%
Two or more races 4,104 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,049 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 22,431 22.7%
18–24 9,956 10.1%
25–44 23,979 24.2%
45–64 24,012 24.3%
65 and over 18,570 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.2B; 3.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,669
Establishments: 3,728

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,713 23.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 12,705 21.8%
Manufacturing 10,492 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 5,700 9.8%
Financial activities 4,643 7.9%
Professional & business services 4,410 7.5%
Construction 2,704 4.6%
Public administration 1,596 2.7%
Other services 1,233 2.1%
Information 700 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 185 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $944
Owner-occupied: 29,695
Renter-occupied: 10,890

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 52,566 votes cast

Republican 28,224 53.7%
Democratic 23,705 45.1%
Other / third-party 637 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,121 2.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 537 0.6%
Other Indo-European 409 0.4%
Tagalog 366 0.4%
Slavic languages 237 0.3%
Other 164 0.2%
Arabic 139 0.1%
German 107 0.1%
Chinese 89 0.1%
Korean 30 0.0%
Vietnamese 28 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,585
Family households: 25,273; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 20,445
Single-mother households: 1,932
Veterans: 4,759; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 43,475 43.8%
Mainline Protestant 6,404 6.5%
Evangelical Protestant 3,237 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,898 1.9%
Orthodox 40 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.5%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.9%

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: 4; 5.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023