Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Iowa

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 174,302
Median household income: $76,363
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 140,647 80.7%
Black or African American alone 12,444 7.1%
Asian alone 5,111 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 323 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 80 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,655 1.5%
Two or more races 13,042 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,512 7.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 40,786 23.4%
18–24 14,636 8.4%
25–44 45,651 26.2%
45–64 43,378 24.9%
65 and over 29,851 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.98 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.3B; 5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,138
Establishments: 6,239

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 19,894 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,554 21.5%
Manufacturing 11,636 12.8%
Professional & business services 11,191 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 10,980 12.1%
Construction 6,662 7.3%
Financial activities 3,777 4.2%
Other services 3,172 3.5%
Public administration 3,082 3.4%
Information 603 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 219 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.6%
Median gross rent: $958
Owner-occupied: 50,582
Renter-occupied: 22,093

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 89,743 votes cast

Republican 45,976 51.2%
Democratic 42,479 47.3%
Other / third-party 1,288 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,690 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,276 0.8%
Other Indo-European 956 0.6%
Vietnamese 801 0.5%
Chinese 757 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 459 0.3%
German 385 0.2%
Other 366 0.2%
Tagalog 273 0.2%
Slavic languages 265 0.2%
Arabic 133 0.1%
Korean 43 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 72,675
Family households: 44,848; 61.7% of households
Married w/ children: 33,911
Single-mother households: 4,785
Veterans: 10,225; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 28,348 16.2%
Evangelical Protestant 17,246 9.9%
Mainline Protestant 15,973 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,853 2.8%
Black Protestant 2,446 1.4%
Orthodox 112 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Clinton, Davenport, Maquoketa, Muscatine, Tipton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 11.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023