Jury Pool Profile

Pocahontas County, Iowa

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 7,040
Median household income: $63,423
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,459 91.7%
Black or African American alone 74 1.1%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 1.0%
Some other race alone 155 2.2%
Two or more races 273 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 383 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 1,622 23.0%
18–24 539 7.7%
25–44 1,401 19.9%
45–64 1,828 26.0%
65 and over 1,650 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $641.7M; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,766
Establishments: 265

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 906 34.3%
Education & health services 531 20.1%
Manufacturing 435 16.5%
Public administration 206 7.8%
Natural resources & mining 169 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 108 4.1%
Financial activities 82 3.1%
Professional & business services 61 2.3%
Construction 49 1.9%
Information 42 1.6%
Other services 28 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.6%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 2,424
Renter-occupied: 660

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,573 votes cast

Republican 2,727 76.3%
Democratic 796 22.3%
Other / third-party 50 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 205 3.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 45 0.7%
German 15 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.2%
Other 7 0.1%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,084
Family households: 1,808; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,478
Single-mother households: 149
Veterans: 459; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,651 23.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,395 19.7%
Evangelical Protestant 264 3.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 16 (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: Allison, Boone, Carroll, Charles City, Clarion, Dakota City, Eldora, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Garner, Hampton, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Mason City, Nevada, Northwood, Osage, Pocahontas, Rockwell City, Sac City, Waverly, Webster City

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