Jury Pool Profile
Muscatine County, Iowa
- County seat
- Muscatine
- Judicial district
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 41,853
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 42,559.
At a glance
Muscatine County is a 41,853-person venue. The county population is 81% White (Census race-alone categories). 19% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 75.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $71,330, $4,293 below the IA state median of $75,623; 23.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 32.7% of covered employment, average pay $84,104/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.63%, above the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 57% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 42,559
- Median household income
- $69,396
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 2%.
Muscatine County has a population of 42,559, with a median age of 39.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.6%; Black residents 2.3%. Independently, 18.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $71,330; 23.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 33% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 32.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.63%, above the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 53%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Muscatine County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 56.6% in 2024, 52.4% in 2020, 50.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
14.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.0% of the adult civilian population (1,946 individuals).