Jury Pool Profile
Keokuk County, Iowa
- County seat
- Sigourney
- Judicial district
- 8th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,797
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,924.
At a glance
Keokuk County is a 9,797-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $56,316, $19,307 below the IA state median of $75,623; 17.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $47,419/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.15%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 70% to 75% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 9,924
- Median household income
- $62,329
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 0%.
Keokuk County has a population of 9,924, with a median age of 43.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.3%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 2.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $56,316; 17.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 660, Trade, transportation & utilities about 640.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 11.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.15%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Keokuk County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.2% in 2024, 71.6% in 2020, 69.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (497 individuals).