Jury Pool Profile
Osceola County, Iowa
- County seat
- Sibley
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 5,980
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,100.
At a glance
Osceola County is a 5,980-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). 11% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $73,397, $2,226 below the IA state median of $75,623; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 29.8% of covered employment, average pay $58,504/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.21%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 6,100
- Median household income
- $69,239
- Unemployment
- 2.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 0%.
Osceola County has a population of 6,100, with a median age of 43.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 85.7%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 10.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $73,397; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 30% of covered jobs.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 29.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.21%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Osceola County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.5% in 2024, 80.8% in 2020, 79.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.2% of the adult civilian population (341 individuals).