Jury Pool Profile

Muscatine County, Iowa

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 42,735
Median household income: $69,512
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,076 82.1%
Black or African American alone 1,247 2.9%
Asian alone 274 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 127 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,516 8.2%
Two or more races 2,495 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,878 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 10,344 24.2%
18–24 3,528 8.3%
25–44 10,406 24.4%
45–64 10,948 25.6%
65 and over 7,509 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.2B; 1.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,594
Establishments: 1,233

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,989 32.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,597 16.9%
Education & health services 3,176 15.0%
Professional & business services 2,775 13.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,415 6.7%
Public administration 763 3.6%
Construction 699 3.3%
Other services 663 3.1%
Financial activities 515 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 202 1.0%
Information 83 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $966
Owner-occupied: 12,854
Renter-occupied: 4,316

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,695 votes cast

Republican 11,152 56.6%
Democratic 8,212 41.7%
Other / third-party 331 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,122 12.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 308 0.8%
Other Indo-European 196 0.5%
German 121 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 96 0.2%
Arabic 66 0.2%
Other 41 0.1%
Slavic languages 28 0.1%
Vietnamese 17 0.0%
Tagalog 15 0.0%
Chinese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,170
Family households: 11,469; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 8,197
Single-mother households: 1,227
Veterans: 2,111; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,546 12.8%
Catholic 5,001 11.6%
Evangelical Protestant 2,510 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 811 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Clinton, Davenport, Maquoketa, Muscatine, Tipton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 12.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023