Jefferson County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,941 82.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 644 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 377 2.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,285 8.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 395 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 54 0.3%

• Under 18 2,692 17.1%
• 18–24 1,255 8.0%
• 25–44 4,116 26.2%
• 45–64 3,450 22.0%
• 65 and over 4,192 26.7%

Median household income

$63,788

90% interval $56,775–$70,801

−$11,835 vs IA · 85th of 99

Below poverty line

14.0%

90% interval 10.8%–17.2%

+2.8 pp vs IA · 12th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$911.3M

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,791

Establishments

764

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,261 17.9%
• Education & health services 1,090 15.4%
• Financial activities 1,067 15.1%
• Manufacturing 802 11.4%
• Professional & business services 592 8.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 440 6.2%
• Other services 239 3.4%
• Construction 226 3.2%
• Information 69 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 56 0.8%
• Public administration 25 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 83.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.7%

−4.0 pp vs IA · 95th of 99

Median gross rent

$883

−$89 vs IA · 26th of 99

Owner-occupied

4,706

Renter-occupied

2,246

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% 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 (Financial activities, $89,606/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,711/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 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,353 52.3%
• Democratic 3,788 45.5%
• Other / third-party 176 2.1%

• Vietnamese 440 2.9%
• Spanish 266 1.8%
• Arabic 254 1.7%
• Chinese 122 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 53 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 53 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 37 0.2%
• Tagalog 9 0.1%

Households

6,952

Family households

3,763

54.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

989

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

229

6.1% of families

Veterans

1,005

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,812 11.6%
• Catholic 1,009 6.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 943 6.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 927 5.9%

Health insured

93.3%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±2.1 pp

22nd of 99

With a disability

13.4%

±1.9 pp

61st of 99

Bachelor's or higher

43.2%

±4.2 pp

+11.8 pp vs IA · 4th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 8.3%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

7.68 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1