Jury Pool Profile

Plymouth County, Iowa

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 25,699
Median household income: $81,600
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,270 90.5%
Black or African American alone 607 2.4%
Asian alone 135 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 86 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.1%
Some other race alone 587 2.3%
Two or more races 1,001 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,578 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 6,411 24.9%
18–24 1,834 7.1%
25–44 5,913 23.0%
45–64 6,585 25.6%
65 and over 4,956 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,524
Establishments: 878

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,026 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,796 23.8%
Education & health services 2,208 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 958 8.2%
Professional & business services 933 8.0%
Financial activities 375 3.2%
Construction 361 3.1%
Other services 307 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 306 2.6%
Information 62 0.5%
Public administration 50 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.7%
Median gross rent: $865
Owner-occupied: 7,587
Renter-occupied: 2,710

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,931 votes cast

Republican 10,661 76.5%
Democratic 3,104 22.3%
Other / third-party 166 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,090 4.5%
Other 438 1.8%
German 130 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 111 0.5%
Other Indo-European 50 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,297
Family households: 7,125; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,943
Single-mother households: 514
Veterans: 1,501; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,673 26.0%
Mainline Protestant 5,896 22.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,922 11.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 216 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.9%

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: 5; 25.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023