Kossuth County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,315 91.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 654 4.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 103 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 60 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 347 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%

• Under 18 3,198 22.0%
• 18–24 944 6.5%
• 25–44 3,179 21.9%
• 45–64 3,509 24.2%
• 65 and over 3,686 25.4%

Median household income

$73,860

90% interval $67,575–$80,145

−$1,763 vs IA · 42nd of 99

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 6.7%–11.1%

−2.3 pp vs IA · 78th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,948

Establishments

636

• Manufacturing 1,423 22.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,312 20.2%
• Education & health services 670 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 501 7.7%
• Financial activities 406 6.3%
• Professional & business services 323 5.0%
• Construction 304 4.7%
• Natural resources & mining 299 4.6%
• Other services 150 2.3%
• Information 42 0.6%
• Public administration 27 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 84.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.6%

+6.9 pp vs IA · 30th of 99

Median gross rent

$859

−$113 vs IA · 36th of 99

Owner-occupied

5,144

Renter-occupied

1,399

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $85,128/yr) pays 5.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,779/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 555 4.0%
• German or other West Germanic 38 0.3%
• Vietnamese 13 0.1%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

6,543

Family households

3,886

59.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,197

30.8% of families

Single-mother families

191

4.9% of families

Veterans

784

6.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

96.2%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

3.8%

±1.2 pp

75th of 99

With a disability

13.7%

±1.7 pp

53rd of 99

Bachelor's or higher

22.8%

±2.5 pp

−8.6 pp vs IA · 45th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.8%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

26.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3