Jury Pool Profile

O'Brien County, Iowa

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 14,103
Median household income: $68,216
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,682 89.9%
Black or African American alone 186 1.3%
Asian alone 86 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 42 0.3%
Some other race alone 382 2.7%
Two or more races 681 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,009 7.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 3,438 24.4%
18–24 1,017 7.2%
25–44 3,452 24.5%
45–64 3,223 22.9%
65 and over 2,973 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,407
Establishments: 626

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,928 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,774 26.9%
Manufacturing 790 12.0%
Leisure & hospitality 433 6.6%
Public administration 349 5.3%
Professional & business services 294 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 265 4.0%
Financial activities 264 4.0%
Construction 230 3.5%
Other services 194 2.9%
Information 75 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.3%
Median gross rent: $770
Owner-occupied: 4,477
Renter-occupied: 1,314

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,501 votes cast

Republican 5,998 80.0%
Democratic 1,428 19.0%
Other / third-party 75 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 718 5.5%
Arabic 89 0.7%
German 60 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.2%
Other 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 11 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,791
Family households: 3,676; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,134
Single-mother households: 260
Veterans: 639; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,172 29.4%
Evangelical Protestant 3,399 24.0%
Catholic 1,664 11.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.5%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023