Jury Pool Profile
Fayette County, Iowa
Republican +30 (2024)
- Population
- 19,393
- Median household income
- $58,764
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 17,981 92.7%
- Black or African American alone 162 0.8%
- Asian alone 134 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 116 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
- Some other race alone 42 0.2%
- Two or more races 957 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 566 2.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.7
- Under 18 4,145 21.4%
- 18–24 1,685 8.7%
- 25–44 4,153 21.4%
- 45–64 5,119 26.4%
- 65 and over 4,291 22.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.9%
- +0.41 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.4% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,847
- Establishments
- 680
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,241 32.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,532 22.0%
- Manufacturing 907 13.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 452 6.5%
- Public administration 431 6.2%
- Construction 394 5.7%
- Natural resources & mining 266 3.8%
- Professional & business services 246 3.5%
- Other services 236 3.4%
- Financial activities 197 2.8%
- Information 47 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.0%
- Median gross rent
- $813
- Owner-occupied
- 6,315
- Renter-occupied
- 1,888
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 9,817 votes cast
- Republican 6,325 64.4%
- Democratic 3,334 34.0%
- Other / third-party 158 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 327 1.8%
- German 94 0.5%
- Chinese 56 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 21 0.1%
- Tagalog 8 0.0%
- Other 6 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
- Arabic 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 8,203
- Family households
- 4,916
- 59.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,934
- Single-mother households
- 462
- Veterans
- 1,297
- 8.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
48.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 5,080 26.0%
- Catholic 2,853 14.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,096 5.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 352 1.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.3%
- With a disability
- 16.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 13.12 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023