Jury Pool Profile

Jasper County, Iowa

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 37,864
Median household income: $70,128
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,155 92.8%
Black or African American alone 589 1.6%
Asian alone 222 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 60 0.2%
Some other race alone 566 1.5%
Two or more races 1,238 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,110 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 8,382 22.1%
18–24 2,847 7.5%
25–44 9,491 25.1%
45–64 9,815 25.9%
65 and over 7,329 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,910
Establishments: 984

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,463 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,166 20.7%
Manufacturing 1,225 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,090 10.4%
Construction 938 9.0%
Professional & business services 847 8.1%
Public administration 349 3.3%
Financial activities 344 3.3%
Other services 285 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 136 1.3%
Information 94 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $822
Owner-occupied: 11,035
Renter-occupied: 3,713

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,149 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 882 2.5%
Arabic 339 0.9%
Chinese 130 0.4%
Other 117 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.2%
German 37 0.1%
Other Indo-European 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.1%
Tagalog 24 0.1%
Slavic languages 16 0.0%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,748
Family households: 9,613; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,710
Single-mother households: 900
Veterans: 2,252; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.1% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 23.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023