Jury Pool Profile

Sioux County, Iowa

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 35,984
Median household income: $84,736
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,594 87.8%
Black or African American alone 212 0.6%
Asian alone 215 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,794 5.0%
Two or more races 2,060 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,970 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34

Under 18 9,874 27.4%
18–24 4,769 13.3%
25–44 8,221 22.8%
45–64 7,393 20.5%
65 and over 5,727 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; -1.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 1.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,762
Establishments: 1,576

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,038 26.3%
Education & health services 5,234 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,749 16.3%
Construction 2,017 8.8%
Natural resources & mining 1,578 6.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,374 6.0%
Professional & business services 963 4.2%
Financial activities 763 3.3%
Public administration 619 2.7%
Other services 446 1.9%
Information 134 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $888
Owner-occupied: 9,787
Renter-occupied: 2,789

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,881 votes cast

Republican 16,053 85.0%
Democratic 2,626 13.9%
Other / third-party 202 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,059 9.2%
German 246 0.7%
Tagalog 48 0.1%
Chinese 30 0.1%
Other Indo-European 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Vietnamese 20 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,576
Family households: 9,366; 74.5% of households
Married w/ children: 8,555
Single-mother households: 361
Veterans: 1,119; 4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 12,550 35.0%
Evangelical Protestant 10,904 30.4%
Catholic 3,318 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 9.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 22.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023