Jackson County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,158 93.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 306 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 189 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 500 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 90 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 112 0.6%

• Under 18 4,303 22.2%
• 18–24 1,271 6.6%
• 25–44 4,167 21.5%
• 45–64 5,345 27.6%
• 65 and over 4,304 22.2%

Median household income

$71,135

90% interval $63,808–$78,462

−$4,488 vs IA · 59th of 99

Below poverty line

11.0%

90% interval 8.5%–13.5%

−0.2 pp vs IA · 50th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.56 pp vs. state

County GDP

$906.7M

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,405

Establishments

665

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,601 27.8%
• Education & health services 1,501 26.1%
• Manufacturing 787 13.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 469 8.2%
• Construction 284 4.9%
• Public administration 240 4.2%
• Financial activities 238 4.1%
• Professional & business services 221 3.8%
• Natural resources & mining 138 2.4%
• Other services 138 2.4%
• Information 62 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.7%

+9.0 pp vs IA · 18th of 99

Median gross rent

$807

−$165 vs IA · 54th of 99

Owner-occupied

6,653

Renter-occupied

1,589

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $75,190/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,165/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,074 65.6%
• Democratic 3,567 33.1%
• Other / third-party 141 1.3%

• Spanish 210 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 191 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 25 0.1%
• Vietnamese 10 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

Households

8,242

Family households

5,460

66.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,439

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

260

4.8% of families

Veterans

1,049

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 5,509 28.3%
• Mainline Protestant 4,036 20.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 502 2.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 163 0.8%

Health insured

94.3%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±1.6 pp

35th of 99

With a disability

13.4%

±1.4 pp

60th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

19.5%

±2.2 pp

−11.9 pp vs IA · 80th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

7th 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

Clinton, Davenport, Maquoketa, Muscatine, Tipton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

19.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3