Jury Pool Profile

Iowa County, Iowa

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 16,547
Median household income: $72,185
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,697 94.9%
Black or African American alone 104 0.6%
Asian alone 36 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 74 0.4%
Two or more races 623 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 552 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 3,888 23.5%
18–24 1,054 6.4%
25–44 3,885 23.5%
45–64 4,492 27.1%
65 and over 3,228 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,380
Establishments: 708

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,648 40.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,675 18.5%
Education & health services 1,405 15.5%
Leisure & hospitality 567 6.3%
Professional & business services 475 5.3%
Construction 393 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 314 3.5%
Other services 122 1.3%
Financial activities 108 1.2%
Public administration 29 0.3%
Information 20 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.1%
Median gross rent: $722
Owner-occupied: 5,211
Renter-occupied: 1,638

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,617 votes cast

Republican 6,068 63.1%
Democratic 3,400 35.4%
Other / third-party 149 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 117 0.7%
German 101 0.6%
Korean 59 0.4%
Slavic languages 37 0.2%
Chinese 15 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,849
Family households: 4,304; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,540
Single-mother households: 326
Veterans: 990; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,862 23.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,231 13.4%
Catholic 2,020 12.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 284 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.6%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marengo, Toledo, Vinton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 39.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023