Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Iowa

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 33,551
Median household income: $78,059
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,812 94.8%
Black or African American alone 170 0.5%
Asian alone 434 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 224 0.7%
Two or more races 876 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 748 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 7,845 23.4%
18–24 3,360 10.0%
25–44 7,603 22.7%
45–64 8,396 25.0%
65 and over 6,347 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 1.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,553
Establishments: 1,062

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 8,599 43.7%
Education & health services 4,075 20.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,476 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,358 6.9%
Professional & business services 807 4.1%
Construction 622 3.2%
Public administration 583 3.0%
Other services 409 2.1%
Financial activities 392 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 158 0.8%
Information 138 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $880
Owner-occupied: 10,425
Renter-occupied: 2,984

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,490 votes cast

Republican 13,289 68.2%
Democratic 5,928 30.4%
Other / third-party 273 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 415 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 171 0.5%
German 135 0.4%
Other Indo-European 60 0.2%
Tagalog 49 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 39 0.1%
Korean 21 0.1%
Slavic languages 15 0.0%
Chinese 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,409
Family households: 9,123; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 7,852
Single-mother households: 445
Veterans: 1,809; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 11,018 33.0%
Evangelical Protestant 4,937 14.8%
Catholic 1,802 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 338 1.0%
Orthodox 34 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.5%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.1%

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: 2; 7.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023