Linn County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 189,409 82.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,482 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,514 5.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 5,489 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 10,901 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 143 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 53 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,013 0.4%

• Under 18 51,857 22.5%
• 18–24 20,613 9.0%
• 25–44 61,255 26.6%
• 45–64 56,477 24.6%
• 65 and over 39,802 17.3%

Median household income

$75,639

90% interval $72,428–$78,850

+$16 vs IA · 36th of 99

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 8.2%–11.0%

−1.6 pp vs IA · 71st of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

+0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$21.9B

8.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,464

Establishments

7,837

• Education & health services 29,118 23.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 24,113 19.2%
• Manufacturing 18,389 14.7%
• Professional & business services 14,589 11.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 11,489 9.2%
• Financial activities 8,548 6.8%
• Construction 8,016 6.4%
• Public administration 4,205 3.4%
• Other services 3,700 2.9%
• Information 2,368 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 298 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 99.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.5%

+1.8 pp vs IA · 70th of 99

Median gross rent

$945

−$27 vs IA · 14th of 99

Owner-occupied

70,274

Renter-occupied

25,326

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $111,089/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,401/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 66,358 54.2%
• Republican 54,237 44.3%
• Other / third-party 1,774 1.4%

• Spanish 4,798 2.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,052 0.9%
• Arabic 1,099 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 572 0.3%
• Chinese 470 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 428 0.2%
• Vietnamese 287 0.1%
• Tagalog 201 0.1%
• Korean 167 0.1%

Households

95,600

Family households

59,159

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

17,514

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

6,133

10.4% of families

Veterans

13,209

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 39,707 17.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 27,570 12.0%
• Mainline Protestant 25,778 11.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,784 3.8%
• Black Protestant 1,146 0.5%
• Orthodox 410 0.2%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.4 pp

67th of 99

With a disability

11.9%

±0.5 pp

80th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

34.7%

±1.2 pp

+3.3 pp vs IA · 8th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.8%–5.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

18

10.1 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16