Dubuque County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 87,398 88.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,234 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,890 2.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,326 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,226 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 802 0.8%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 126 0.1%

• Under 18 22,317 22.5%
• 18–24 9,698 9.8%
• 25–44 24,327 24.6%
• 45–64 23,536 23.8%
• 65 and over 19,152 19.3%

Median household income

$80,355

90% interval $76,266–$84,444

+$4,732 vs IA · 22nd of 99

Below poverty line

11.0%

90% interval 9.5%–12.5%

−0.2 pp vs IA · 49th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.2B

3.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,537

Establishments

3,702

• Education & health services 13,628 23.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 12,440 21.5%
• Manufacturing 10,075 17.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,769 10.0%
• Financial activities 4,558 7.9%
• Professional & business services 4,492 7.8%
• Construction 2,696 4.7%
• Public administration 1,582 2.7%
• Other services 1,246 2.2%
• Information 689 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 193 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.3%

+1.6 pp vs IA · 73rd of 99

Median gross rent

$959

−$13 vs IA · 12th of 99

Owner-occupied

30,062

Renter-occupied

10,927

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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, $88,601/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,813/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 28,224 53.7%
• Democratic 23,705 45.1%
• Other / third-party 637 1.2%

• Spanish 2,143 2.3%
• Tagalog 307 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 234 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 187 0.2%
• Chinese 82 0.1%
• Arabic 66 0.1%
• Vietnamese 33 0.0%
• Korean 31 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.0%

Households

40,989

Family households

25,535

62.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,892

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,894

7.4% of families

Veterans

4,555

5.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

96.5%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.5%

±0.5 pp

80th of 99

With a disability

11.0%

±0.8 pp

89th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

33.4%

±1.4 pp

+2.0 pp vs IA · 9th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.4%

90% interval 4.8%–6.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

14.34 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10