Jury Pool Profile

Monona County, Iowa

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 8,619
Median household income: $62,944
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,132 94.3%
Black or African American alone 13 0.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 56 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.1%
Some other race alone 8 0.1%
Two or more races 404 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 217 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

Under 18 1,932 22.4%
18–24 536 6.2%
25–44 1,850 21.5%
45–64 2,247 26.1%
65 and over 2,054 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $462.0M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,733
Establishments: 299

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 948 37.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 588 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 271 10.7%
Financial activities 104 4.1%
Professional & business services 91 3.6%
Construction 88 3.5%
Other services 87 3.4%
Public administration 22 0.9%
Information 8 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $795
Owner-occupied: 2,974
Renter-occupied: 917

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,616 votes cast

Republican 3,331 72.2%
Democratic 1,236 26.8%
Other / third-party 49 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 143 1.8%
German 13 0.2%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,891
Family households: 2,329; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,823
Single-mother households: 216
Veterans: 630; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,553 17.7%
Evangelical Protestant 1,470 16.8%
Catholic 1,039 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 116 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.7%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

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