Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Iowa

Republican +7 (2024)

Population: 15,676
Median household income: $56,824
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,269 84.6%
Black or African American alone 932 5.9%
Asian alone 723 4.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 132 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 135 0.9%
Two or more races 485 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 632 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 2,684 17.1%
18–24 1,229 7.8%
25–44 4,176 26.6%
45–64 3,554 22.7%
65 and over 4,033 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $911.3M; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,535
Establishments: 795

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,932 26.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,282 17.8%
Financial activities 1,110 15.4%
Manufacturing 800 11.1%
Professional & business services 660 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 439 6.1%
Public administration 299 4.2%
Construction 233 3.2%
Other services 230 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 74 1.0%
Information 72 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.1%
Median gross rent: $881
Owner-occupied: 4,481
Renter-occupied: 2,397

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,317 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.5% speak only English at home

Other 429 2.9%
Other Indo-European 350 2.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 263 1.8%
Spanish 234 1.6%
Arabic 202 1.4%
Vietnamese 176 1.2%
Slavic languages 80 0.5%
German 68 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 45 0.3%
Chinese 13 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,878
Family households: 3,726; 54.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,989
Single-mother households: 242
Veterans: 1,038; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.9% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023