Jury Pool Profile

Howard County, Iowa

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 9,459
Median household income: $67,336
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,876 93.8%
Black or African American alone 5 0.1%
Asian alone 35 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 176 1.9%
Two or more races 337 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 288 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 2,419 25.6%
18–24 686 7.3%
25–44 2,124 22.5%
45–64 2,302 24.3%
65 and over 1,928 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $727.4M; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,223
Establishments: 341

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,251 28.4%
Education & health services 1,067 24.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 720 16.4%
Natural resources & mining 298 6.8%
Construction 215 4.9%
Public administration 201 4.6%
Professional & business services 176 4.0%
Financial activities 172 3.9%
Leisure & hospitality 170 3.9%
Other services 96 2.2%
Information 30 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $699
Owner-occupied: 2,813
Renter-occupied: 859

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,837 votes cast

Republican 3,157 65.3%
Democratic 1,619 33.5%
Other / third-party 61 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

German 506 5.7%
Spanish 199 2.3%
Other Indo-European 38 0.4%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,672
Family households: 2,483; 67.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,036
Single-mother households: 193
Veterans: 540; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,575 37.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,425 25.6%
Evangelical Protestant 1,013 10.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023