Jury Pool Profile

Guthrie County, Iowa

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 10,646
Median household income: $79,981
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,999 93.9%
Black or African American alone 50 0.5%
Asian alone 40 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
Some other race alone 123 1.2%
Two or more races 407 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 310 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.5

Under 18 2,279 21.4%
18–24 686 6.4%
25–44 2,222 20.9%
45–64 2,953 27.7%
65 and over 2,506 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $752.5M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,155
Establishments: 395

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,016 31.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 518 15.8%
Public administration 273 8.3%
Construction 262 8.0%
Leisure & hospitality 247 7.6%
Natural resources & mining 228 7.0%
Professional & business services 205 6.3%
Manufacturing 196 6.0%
Financial activities 152 4.6%
Other services 104 3.2%
Information 45 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.5%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 3,828
Renter-occupied: 759

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,514 votes cast

Republican 4,446 68.3%
Democratic 1,974 30.3%
Other / third-party 94 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 139 1.4%
Other Indo-European 35 0.3%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
German 9 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,587
Family households: 3,250; 70.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,806
Single-mother households: 214
Veterans: 643; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,511 14.2%
Catholic 1,386 13.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,199 11.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 79 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 27 (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: Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 11.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023