Jury Pool Profile

Henry County, Iowa

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 20,228
Median household income: $64,604
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,803 88.0%
Black or African American alone 537 2.7%
Asian alone 232 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 69 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 441 2.2%
Two or more races 1,141 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,092 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 4,254 21.0%
18–24 2,144 10.6%
25–44 4,745 23.5%
45–64 5,161 25.5%
65 and over 3,924 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,431
Establishments: 638

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,271 27.9%
Manufacturing 1,771 21.8%
Education & health services 1,681 20.7%
Public administration 601 7.4%
Leisure & hospitality 471 5.8%
Professional & business services 433 5.3%
Construction 277 3.4%
Financial activities 212 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 148 1.8%
Other services 140 1.7%
Information 35 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $770
Owner-occupied: 5,640
Renter-occupied: 1,977

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,574 votes cast

Republican 6,439 67.3%
Democratic 2,995 31.3%
Other / third-party 140 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 593 3.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 151 0.8%
Other 64 0.3%
Chinese 52 0.3%
Other Indo-European 50 0.3%
German 24 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,617
Family households: 5,013; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,915
Single-mother households: 459
Veterans: 1,148; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,451 16.8%
Evangelical Protestant 2,341 11.4%
Catholic 819 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 217 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 6.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023