Jury Pool Profile
Monroe County, Iowa
Republican +51 (2024)
- Population
- 7,546
- Median household income
- $72,518
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 7,189 95.3%
- Black or African American alone 16 0.2%
- Asian alone 62 0.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.1%
- Some other race alone 9 0.1%
- Two or more races 250 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 58 0.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.1
- Under 18 1,745 23.1%
- 18–24 592 7.8%
- 25–44 1,672 22.2%
- 45–64 2,042 27.1%
- 65 and over 1,495 19.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- +0.49 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $619.0M
- 0.23% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $66,659
- Establishments
- 254
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,398 37.6%
- Professional & business services 627 16.9%
- Education & health services 561 15.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 458 12.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 188 5.1%
- Construction 137 3.7%
- Financial activities 87 2.3%
- Natural resources & mining 42 1.1%
- Other services 34 0.9%
- Information 29 0.8%
- Public administration 20 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 83.8%
- Median gross rent
- $787
- Owner-occupied
- 2,507
- Renter-occupied
- 484
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 4,146 votes cast
- Republican 3,104 74.9%
- Democratic 1,002 24.2%
- Other / third-party 40 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.6% speak only English at home
- German 63 0.9%
- Spanish 45 0.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.5%
- Vietnamese 27 0.4%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,991
- Family households
- 1,847
- 61.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,453
- Single-mother households
- 233
- Veterans
- 296
- 5.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
50.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 1,409 18.6%
- Mainline Protestant 1,269 16.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,028 13.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 91 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 97.5%
- With a disability
- 15.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 34.48 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023