Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Iowa

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 33,175
Median household income: $59,803
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,391 91.6%
Black or African American alone 924 2.8%
Asian alone 145 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 22 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 203 0.6%
Two or more races 1,479 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,134 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 7,075 21.3%
18–24 2,354 7.1%
25–44 7,786 23.5%
45–64 8,752 26.4%
65 and over 7,208 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.85% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,333
Establishments: 1,061

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,794 27.7%
Education & health services 2,777 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,461 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,143 8.3%
Public administration 927 6.8%
Construction 878 6.4%
Professional & business services 753 5.5%
Financial activities 419 3.1%
Other services 332 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 125 0.9%
Information 72 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.5%
Median gross rent: $814
Owner-occupied: 10,800
Renter-occupied: 3,505

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,154 votes cast

Republican 10,152 62.8%
Democratic 5,659 35.0%
Other / third-party 343 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 347 1.1%
Tagalog 83 0.3%
German 43 0.1%
Other 34 0.1%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,305
Family households: 8,748; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,459
Single-mother households: 850
Veterans: 2,309; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,411 16.1%
Mainline Protestant 5,015 14.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,599 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,060 3.2%
Black Protestant 100 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 19.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023