Jury Pool Profile
Hamilton County, Iowa
- County seat
- Webster City
- Judicial district
- 2nd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,944
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,886.
At a glance
Hamilton County is a 14,944-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). 10% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $76,054; 22.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Asian and Pacific Island languages (1.5%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.1% of covered employment, average pay $63,575/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.55%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 59% to 66% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,886
- Median household income
- $72,432
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 1%.
Hamilton County has a population of 14,886, with a median age of 41.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.5%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 10.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $76,054; 22.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 1,460 jobs; Education & health services, about 1,320, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.55%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Hamilton County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 66.1% in 2024, 62.4% in 2020, 58.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (838 individuals).