Jury Pool Profile
Poweshiek County, Iowa
- County seat
- Montezuma
- Judicial district
- 8th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 18,368
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 18,545.
At a glance
Poweshiek County is an 18,368-person venue. The county population is 90% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $72,929, $2,694 below the IA state median of $75,623; 27.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.8% of covered employment, average pay $59,369/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.02%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 51% to 58% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 18,545
- Median household income
- $67,391
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 90% / 1%.
Poweshiek County has a population of 18,545, with a median age of 41.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 90.3%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 3.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,929; 27.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 28% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.02%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 55%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Poweshiek County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.7% in 2024, 55.8% in 2020, 50.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (1,036 individuals).