Jury Pool Profile
Sioux County, Iowa
- County seat
- Orange City
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 36,774
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 36,212.
At a glance
Sioux County is a 36,774-person venue. The county population is 85% White (Census race-alone categories). 14% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $81,746, $6,123 above the IA state median of $75,623; 30.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 25.3% of covered employment, average pay $66,930/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.25%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 82% to 85% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 36,212
- Median household income
- $86,098
- Unemployment
- 2.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 85% / 1%.
Sioux County has a population of 36,212, with a median age of 33.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 85.0%; Black residents 0.6%. Independently, 14.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $81,746; 30.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 5,820 jobs; Education & health services, about 5,360, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 25.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 23.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.25%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 83%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Sioux County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 85.0% in 2024, 82.3% in 2020, 82.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 12.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
12.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 3.7% of the adult civilian population (966 individuals).