Jury Pool Profile

Osceola County, Iowa

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 6,114
Median household income: $69,138
Unemployment: 2.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,484 89.7%
Black or African American alone 46 0.8%
Asian alone 58 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 30 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 92 1.5%
Two or more races 404 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 618 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 1,436 23.5%
18–24 373 6.1%
25–44 1,300 21.3%
45–64 1,658 27.1%
65 and over 1,347 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.3%; -1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $602.1M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,894
Establishments: 272

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 757 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 450 16.8%
Manufacturing 341 12.7%
Education & health services 339 12.7%
Construction 116 4.3%
Professional & business services 109 4.1%
Leisure & hospitality 94 3.5%
Financial activities 84 3.1%
Other services 39 1.5%
Public administration 14 0.5%
Information 14 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $796
Owner-occupied: 2,032
Renter-occupied: 574

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,219 votes cast

Republican 2,623 81.5%
Democratic 555 17.2%
Other / third-party 41 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 534 9.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.7%
German 26 0.5%
Other Indo-European 11 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.1%
Korean 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,606
Family households: 1,598; 61.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,258
Single-mother households: 166
Veterans: 392; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,469 23.7%
Evangelical Protestant 923 14.9%
Catholic 693 11.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

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: 2; 42.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023