Jury Pool Profile

Poweshiek County, Iowa

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 18,582
Median household income: $64,837
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,026 91.6%
Black or African American alone 234 1.3%
Asian alone 389 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 210 1.1%
Two or more races 681 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 615 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 3,619 19.5%
18–24 2,780 15.0%
25–44 3,762 20.2%
45–64 4,521 24.3%
65 and over 3,900 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.62% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,595
Establishments: 699

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,531 26.4%
Manufacturing 1,890 19.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,703 17.8%
Financial activities 806 8.4%
Construction 693 7.2%
Leisure & hospitality 542 5.7%
Natural resources & mining 518 5.4%
Professional & business services 418 4.4%
Public administration 263 2.7%
Other services 105 1.1%
Information 65 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $864
Owner-occupied: 5,507
Renter-occupied: 2,284

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,971 votes cast

Republican 5,758 57.7%
Democratic 4,067 40.8%
Other / third-party 146 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 396 2.2%
Other Indo-European 133 0.7%
German 87 0.5%
Chinese 76 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 60 0.3%
Korean 38 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.2%
Other 29 0.2%
Vietnamese 16 0.1%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,791
Family households: 4,456; 57.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,659
Single-mother households: 190
Veterans: 1,030; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,245 17.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,816 9.7%
Catholic 1,352 7.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 33.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023