Jury Pool Profile

Linn County, Iowa

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 229,463
Median household income: $76,421
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 194,149 84.6%
Black or African American alone 13,344 5.8%
Asian alone 5,212 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 671 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 45 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,509 1.1%
Two or more races 13,533 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,120 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 52,233 22.8%
18–24 20,617 9.0%
25–44 61,193 26.7%
45–64 56,704 24.7%
65 and over 38,716 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $21.9B; 8.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,613
Establishments: 7,760

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 28,608 22.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 24,649 19.6%
Manufacturing 18,530 14.7%
Professional & business services 14,845 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 11,384 9.0%
Financial activities 8,648 6.9%
Construction 7,873 6.3%
Public administration 4,141 3.3%
Other services 3,700 2.9%
Information 2,651 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 273 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.3%
Median gross rent: $915
Owner-occupied: 69,685
Renter-occupied: 25,366

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 122,369 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,941 2.3%
Other Indo-European 2,311 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,792 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,597 0.7%
Other 1,387 0.6%
Arabic 1,079 0.5%
German 538 0.2%
Chinese 396 0.2%
Slavic languages 302 0.1%
Vietnamese 210 0.1%
Tagalog 201 0.1%
Korean 161 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 95,051
Family households: 59,008; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 45,378
Single-mother households: 5,983
Veterans: 13,308; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 27; 15.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023