Jury Pool Profile
Shelby County, Iowa
Republican +43 (2024)
- Population
- 11,757
- Median household income
- $67,690
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,962 93.2%
- Black or African American alone 55 0.5%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 49 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 136 1.2%
- Two or more races 555 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 440 3.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.1
- Under 18 2,686 22.8%
- 18–24 817 6.9%
- 25–44 2,366 20.1%
- 45–64 3,161 26.9%
- 65 and over 2,727 23.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.0%
- -0.46 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.4% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,072
- Establishments
- 444
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,670 30.6%
- Education & health services 1,305 23.9%
- Manufacturing 762 14.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 382 7.0%
- Financial activities 260 4.8%
- Professional & business services 260 4.8%
- Information 181 3.3%
- Construction 150 2.7%
- Natural resources & mining 132 2.4%
- Other services 74 1.4%
- Public administration 10 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.8%
- Median gross rent
- $810
- Owner-occupied
- 3,776
- Renter-occupied
- 1,207
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,486 votes cast
- Republican 4,600 70.9%
- Democratic 1,811 27.9%
- Other / third-party 75 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 203 1.8%
- Other 8 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
- German 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,983
- Family households
- 3,222
- 64.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,813
- Single-mother households
- 181
- Veterans
- 744
- 8.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
61.9% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 3,601 30.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,948 16.6%
- Mainline Protestant 1,719 14.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.8%
- With a disability
- 9.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 23.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 4th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 6 (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
- Atlantic, Audubon, Clarinda, Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Harlan, Logan, Red Oak, Sidney
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 11.02 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023