Jury Pool Profile

Kossuth County, Iowa

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 14,610
Median household income: $65,656
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,608 93.1%
Black or African American alone 87 0.6%
Asian alone 63 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 30 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.1%
Some other race alone 321 2.2%
Two or more races 492 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 612 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 3,251 22.3%
18–24 978 6.7%
25–44 3,075 21.0%
45–64 3,659 25.0%
65 and over 3,647 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,766
Establishments: 644

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,456 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,297 19.8%
Education & health services 1,233 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 501 7.6%
Financial activities 442 6.7%
Construction 364 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 319 4.9%
Professional & business services 314 4.8%
Other services 143 2.2%
Information 43 0.7%
Public administration 39 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.3%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 4,899
Renter-occupied: 1,603

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,376 votes cast

Republican 5,983 71.4%
Democratic 2,284 27.3%
Other / third-party 109 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 440 3.2%
German 70 0.5%
Other Indo-European 36 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.2%
Other 5 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,502
Family households: 3,861; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,289
Single-mother households: 243
Veterans: 885; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

78.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,092 34.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,432 23.1%
Evangelical Protestant 3,023 20.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 107 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 8.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023