Jury Pool Profile

Ringgold County, Iowa

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 4,664
Median household income: $69,821
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,472 95.9%
Black or African American alone 9 0.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 44 0.9%
Two or more races 139 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

Under 18 1,081 23.2%
18–24 349 7.5%
25–44 925 19.8%
45–64 1,232 26.4%
65 and over 1,077 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $233.7M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,230
Establishments: 182

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 549 39.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 223 16.0%
Natural resources & mining 121 8.7%
Professional & business services 92 6.6%
Other services 32 2.3%
Financial activities 31 2.2%
Public administration 27 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $745
Owner-occupied: 1,473
Renter-occupied: 396

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,683 votes cast

Republican 2,015 75.1%
Democratic 638 23.8%
Other / third-party 30 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

German 101 2.3%
Spanish 71 1.6%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,869
Family households: 1,302; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,104
Single-mother households: 84
Veterans: 206; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,008 21.6%
Evangelical Protestant 288 6.2%
Catholic 208 4.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 27 (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: Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 55.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023