Jury Pool Profile
Lyon County, Iowa
Republican +70 (2024)
- Population
- 12,087
- Median household income
- $72,881
- Unemployment
- 2.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 11,429 94.6%
- Black or African American alone 36 0.3%
- Asian alone 54 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 132 1.1%
- Two or more races 430 3.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 421 3.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38.1
- Under 18 3,451 28.6%
- 18–24 903 7.5%
- 25–44 2,748 22.7%
- 45–64 2,700 22.3%
- 65 and over 2,285 18.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.7%
- -0.74 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.4B
- 0.54% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,696
- Establishments
- 553
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 921 19.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 757 15.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 700 14.6%
- Manufacturing 658 13.7%
- Natural resources & mining 599 12.5%
- Construction 284 5.9%
- Professional & business services 224 4.7%
- Financial activities 194 4.0%
- Other services 136 2.8%
- Information 32 0.7%
- Public administration 7 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 83.3%
- Median gross rent
- $802
- Owner-occupied
- 3,704
- Renter-occupied
- 740
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,984 votes cast
- Republican 5,899 84.5%
- Democratic 1,023 14.6%
- Other / third-party 62 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 216 1.9%
- German 49 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
- Arabic 10 0.1%
- Chinese 5 0.0%
- Slavic languages 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,444
- Family households
- 3,175
- 71.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,808
- Single-mother households
- 126
- Veterans
- 518
- 6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
65.6% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 4,304 36.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,687 22.5%
- Catholic 840 7.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.6%
- With a disability
- 11.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 11 (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
- Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 11.58 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023