Jury Pool Profile

Mahaska County, Iowa

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 22,045
Median household income: $69,019
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,540 93.2%
Black or African American alone 338 1.5%
Asian alone 258 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 30 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 123 0.6%
Two or more races 755 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 528 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 5,262 23.9%
18–24 2,161 9.8%
25–44 5,110 23.2%
45–64 5,321 24.1%
65 and over 4,191 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.54 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,503
Establishments: 625

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,077 26.3%
Manufacturing 1,921 24.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,590 20.2%
Leisure & hospitality 737 9.3%
Other services 294 3.7%
Public administration 293 3.7%
Professional & business services 281 3.6%
Construction 256 3.2%
Financial activities 181 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 112 1.4%
Information 98 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $821
Owner-occupied: 6,031
Renter-occupied: 2,860

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,910 votes cast

Republican 8,207 75.2%
Democratic 2,577 23.6%
Other / third-party 126 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 239 1.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 172 0.8%
Tagalog 33 0.2%
German 20 0.1%
Korean 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Other 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,891
Family households: 5,775; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 4,548
Single-mother households: 609
Veterans: 995; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,246 19.1%
Mainline Protestant 3,991 18.0%
Catholic 930 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 462 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

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: 4; 23.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023