Jury Pool Profile

Johnson County, Iowa

Democratic +38 (2024)

Population: 154,881
Median household income: $74,721
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 120,233 77.6%
Black or African American alone 11,695 7.6%
Asian alone 9,018 5.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 267 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,264 2.1%
Two or more races 10,355 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,312 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 30.8

Under 18 30,276 19.5%
18–24 32,310 20.9%
25–44 42,160 27.2%
45–64 30,184 19.5%
65 and over 19,951 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.6B; 4.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,363
Establishments: 5,140

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 38,009 45.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,298 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 9,174 11.0%
Professional & business services 5,904 7.0%
Manufacturing 4,912 5.9%
Public administration 3,085 3.7%
Construction 2,852 3.4%
Financial activities 2,588 3.1%
Other services 1,941 2.3%
Information 563 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 259 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.8%
Median gross rent: $1,104
Owner-occupied: 36,606
Renter-occupied: 25,608

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 86,068 votes cast

Democratic 58,846 68.4%
Republican 26,087 30.3%
Other / third-party 1,135 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,393 4.4%
Arabic 2,682 1.8%
Chinese 2,678 1.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,125 1.5%
Other 2,060 1.4%
Other Indo-European 1,854 1.3%
German 1,401 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,014 0.7%
Vietnamese 870 0.6%
Korean 807 0.6%
Slavic languages 724 0.5%
Tagalog 78 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 62,214
Family households: 32,653; 52.5% of households
Married w/ children: 26,789
Single-mother households: 2,489
Veterans: 4,898; 3.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 17,855 11.7%
Mainline Protestant 12,145 7.9%
Evangelical Protestant 9,300 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,069 4.0%
Black Protestant 202 0.1%
Orthodox 120 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 9.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 54.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 14 (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: Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marengo, Toledo, Vinton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 8.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023