Jury Pool Profile

Ida County, Iowa

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 6,944
Median household income: $62,841
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,543 94.2%
Black or African American alone 61 0.9%
Asian alone 28 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 95 1.4%
Two or more races 212 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 271 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 1,698 24.5%
18–24 530 7.6%
25–44 1,464 21.1%
45–64 1,716 24.7%
65 and over 1,536 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $745.6M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,392
Establishments: 302

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,469 41.0%
Education & health services 690 19.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 550 15.3%
Financial activities 200 5.6%
Construction 149 4.2%
Leisure & hospitality 120 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 111 3.1%
Professional & business services 81 2.3%
Other services 45 1.3%
Information 13 0.4%
Public administration 11 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $669
Owner-occupied: 2,322
Renter-occupied: 672

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,642 votes cast

Republican 2,771 76.1%
Democratic 826 22.7%
Other / third-party 45 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 180 2.7%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.1%
German 7 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Other 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,994
Family households: 1,795; 60.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,424
Single-mother households: 134
Veterans: 379; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,368 33.8%
Evangelical Protestant 1,506 21.5%
Catholic 754 10.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 38.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023