Jury Pool Profile

Emmet County, Iowa

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 9,316
Median household income: $65,181
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,252 88.6%
Black or African American alone 208 2.2%
Asian alone 20 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 169 1.8%
Two or more races 650 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 918 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 1,817 19.5%
18–24 906 9.7%
25–44 2,026 21.7%
45–64 2,375 25.5%
65 and over 2,192 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $519.1M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,094
Establishments: 330

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 918 27.9%
Manufacturing 624 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 621 18.9%
Public administration 185 5.6%
Leisure & hospitality 176 5.4%
Professional & business services 162 4.9%
Construction 148 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 111 3.4%
Other services 104 3.2%
Financial activities 99 3.0%
Information 47 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $731
Owner-occupied: 3,049
Renter-occupied: 873

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,786 votes cast

Republican 3,422 71.5%
Democratic 1,315 27.5%
Other / third-party 49 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 574 6.4%
German 36 0.4%
Other Indo-European 14 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.1%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Vietnamese 6 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,922
Family households: 2,213; 56.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,603
Single-mother households: 119
Veterans: 381; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,570 38.0%
Catholic 1,283 13.7%
Evangelical Protestant 621 6.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

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; 13.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023