Jury Pool Profile

Lucas County, Iowa

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 8,685
Median household income: $67,921
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,339 96.0%
Black or African American alone 17 0.2%
Asian alone 70 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6 0.1%
Two or more races 252 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 239 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 1,998 23.0%
18–24 588 6.8%
25–44 1,897 21.8%
45–64 2,324 26.8%
65 and over 1,878 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $362.4M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,709
Establishments: 252

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,504 44.9%
Education & health services 729 21.8%
Manufacturing 400 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 121 3.6%
Construction 86 2.6%
Financial activities 84 2.5%
Professional & business services 80 2.4%
Other services 72 2.1%
Public administration 49 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 48 1.4%
Information 25 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.1%
Median gross rent: $738
Owner-occupied: 2,979
Renter-occupied: 693

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,639 votes cast

Republican 3,400 73.3%
Democratic 1,169 25.2%
Other / third-party 70 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

German 173 2.1%
Spanish 108 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.4%
Slavic languages 33 0.4%
Other 16 0.2%
Tagalog 14 0.2%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,672
Family households: 2,364; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,869
Single-mother households: 187
Veterans: 500; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,168 13.5%
Evangelical Protestant 845 9.8%
Catholic 545 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 27 (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: Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 14.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023