Jury Pool Profile

Jones County, Iowa

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 20,799
Median household income: $73,071
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,215 92.4%
Black or African American alone 420 2.0%
Asian alone 126 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 189 0.9%
Two or more races 805 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 516 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 4,344 20.9%
18–24 1,427 6.9%
25–44 5,038 24.2%
45–64 5,606 27.0%
65 and over 4,384 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $858.3M; 0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,095
Establishments: 667

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,442 23.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,338 21.4%
Manufacturing 766 12.3%
Construction 633 10.1%
Leisure & hospitality 579 9.3%
Public administration 303 4.8%
Professional & business services 238 3.8%
Financial activities 228 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 182 2.9%
Other services 104 1.7%
Information 51 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $759
Owner-occupied: 6,543
Renter-occupied: 1,566

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,949 votes cast

Republican 6,820 62.3%
Democratic 3,942 36.0%
Other / third-party 187 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 373 1.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 35 0.2%
German 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Slavic languages 13 0.1%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,109
Family households: 5,295; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,113
Single-mother households: 490
Veterans: 1,314; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,099 24.7%
Catholic 3,145 15.2%
Evangelical Protestant 767 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 511 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.3%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.7%

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: 3; 18.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023