Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, Iowa

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 16,760
Median household income: $89,542
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,031 95.7%
Black or African American alone 211 1.3%
Asian alone 58 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.1%
Some other race alone 47 0.3%
Two or more races 376 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 367 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 4,175 24.9%
18–24 1,171 7.0%
25–44 3,838 22.9%
45–64 4,549 27.1%
65 and over 3,027 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $684.3M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,189
Establishments: 566

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,052 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 779 18.4%
Professional & business services 514 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 389 9.2%
Construction 347 8.2%
Natural resources & mining 260 6.1%
Public administration 248 5.9%
Manufacturing 244 5.8%
Financial activities 212 5.0%
Other services 91 2.1%
Information 42 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $938
Owner-occupied: 5,384
Renter-occupied: 1,241

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,995 votes cast

Republican 6,864 68.7%
Democratic 3,008 30.1%
Other / third-party 123 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

German 362 2.3%
Spanish 124 0.8%
Slavic languages 95 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.2%
Vietnamese 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,625
Family households: 4,345; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,683
Single-mother households: 283
Veterans: 943; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,232 13.5%
Catholic 2,047 12.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,478 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 79 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 9.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.5%

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: 4; 31.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023