Jury Pool Profile

Louisa County, Iowa

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 10,710
Median household income: $80,223
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,835 82.5%
Black or African American alone 67 0.6%
Asian alone 202 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 900 8.4%
Two or more races 681 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,730 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 2,402 22.4%
18–24 805 7.5%
25–44 2,540 23.7%
45–64 2,841 26.5%
65 and over 2,122 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $930.4M; 0.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,348
Establishments: 281

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,712 44.0%
Education & health services 791 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 411 10.6%
Professional & business services 294 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 134 3.4%
Construction 92 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 76 2.0%
Financial activities 68 1.7%
Other services 56 1.4%
Public administration 32 0.8%
Information 31 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 3,319
Renter-occupied: 824

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,136 votes cast

Republican 3,584 69.8%
Democratic 1,480 28.8%
Other / third-party 72 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,310 12.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 127 1.3%
Other Indo-European 30 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
German 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,143
Family households: 3,096; 74.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,577
Single-mother households: 159
Veterans: 543; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,278 21.0%
Evangelical Protestant 957 8.8%
Catholic 529 4.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.5%

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: 7; 84.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023