Jury Pool Profile

Palo Alto County, Iowa

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 8,902
Median household income: $68,963
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,239 92.6%
Black or African American alone 155 1.7%
Asian alone 56 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 69 0.8%
Two or more races 366 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 293 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 2,087 23.4%
18–24 736 8.3%
25–44 1,995 22.4%
45–64 2,135 24.0%
65 and over 1,949 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $796.3M; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,406
Establishments: 336

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,125 31.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 614 17.0%
Manufacturing 487 13.5%
Leisure & hospitality 403 11.1%
Natural resources & mining 259 7.2%
Construction 214 5.9%
Financial activities 107 3.0%
Professional & business services 96 2.7%
Other services 46 1.3%
Information 27 0.7%
Public administration 18 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $599
Owner-occupied: 2,831
Renter-occupied: 908

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,976 votes cast

Republican 3,576 71.9%
Democratic 1,338 26.9%
Other / third-party 62 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 152 1.8%
Other 78 0.9%
German 33 0.4%
Tagalog 8 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%
Vietnamese 5 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,739
Family households: 2,178; 58.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,806
Single-mother households: 162
Veterans: 524; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,166 24.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,888 21.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,067 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

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