Jasper County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 34,444 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,177 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 583 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 264 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,381 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 65 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%

• Under 18 8,357 22.0%
• 18–24 2,871 7.6%
• 25–44 9,570 25.2%
• 45–64 9,656 25.4%
• 65 and over 7,500 19.8%

Median household income

$74,790

90% interval $67,524–$82,056

−$833 vs IA · 39th of 99

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.4%–11.2%

−1.9 pp vs IA · 74th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.57% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,032

Establishments

978

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,138 20.0%
• Manufacturing 1,435 13.4%
• Education & health services 1,417 13.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,064 10.0%
• Construction 1,012 9.5%
• Professional & business services 860 8.0%
• Financial activities 356 3.3%
• Other services 238 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 138 1.3%
• Information 93 0.9%
• Public administration 27 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 82.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.3%

+0.6 pp vs IA · 78th of 99

Median gross rent

$836

−$136 vs IA · 45th of 99

Owner-occupied

10,859

Renter-occupied

4,151

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $80,645/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,400/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,701 63.0%
• Democratic 7,141 35.4%
• Other / third-party 307 1.5%

• Spanish 948 2.6%
• Arabic 446 1.2%
• Chinese 160 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 30 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 25 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 17 0.0%
• Vietnamese 15 0.0%

Households

15,010

Family households

9,568

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,671

27.9% of families

Single-mother families

745

7.8% of families

Veterans

2,261

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 5,591 14.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,448 11.8%
• Catholic 1,804 4.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 679 1.8%

Health insured

95.5%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±1.1 pp

60th of 99

With a disability

14.0%

±1 pp

42nd of 99

Bachelor's or higher

20.0%

±1.7 pp

−11.4 pp vs IA · 75th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 5.6%–7.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

27 (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

Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

13.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3