Story County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 81,361 81.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,184 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,711 2.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,641 6.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,049 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 108 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 72 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 340 0.3%

• Under 18 16,276 16.2%
• 18–24 31,038 30.9%
• 25–44 22,978 22.9%
• 45–64 16,899 16.8%
• 65 and over 13,275 13.2%

Median household income

$69,868

90% interval $64,793–$74,943

−$5,755 vs IA · 66th of 99

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 14.1%–17.7%

+4.7 pp vs IA · 4th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.8B

2.93% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,198

Establishments

3,026

• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,028 15.0%
• Education & health services 4,951 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,937 10.5%
• Manufacturing 4,883 10.4%
• Professional & business services 4,861 10.3%
• Construction 1,964 4.2%
• Public administration 1,822 3.9%
• Financial activities 1,778 3.8%
• Other services 1,124 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 679 1.4%
• Information 548 1.2%

The sectors listed cover 73.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

55.5%

−16.2 pp vs IA · 99th of 99

Median gross rent

$1,018

+$46 vs IA · 6th of 99

Owner-occupied

21,599

Renter-occupied

17,305

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 36% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $100,192/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,578/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 26,765 54.4%
• Republican 21,665 44.0%
• Other / third-party 770 1.6%

• Spanish 2,425 2.5%
• Chinese 1,579 1.6%
• Korean 773 0.8%
• Arabic 444 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 338 0.4%
• Vietnamese 337 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 327 0.3%
• Tagalog 179 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 136 0.1%

Households

38,904

Family households

18,677

48.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,001

32.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,309

7.0% of families

Veterans

3,337

4% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 13,055 13.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 9,424 9.6%
• Catholic 7,973 8.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,849 2.9%
• Orthodox 600 0.6%

Health insured

95.8%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.2%

±0.6 pp

64th of 99

With a disability

9.6%

±0.8 pp

96th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

54.8%

±2.1 pp

+23.4 pp vs IA · 2nd of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 5.0%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Judicial District Court

Judges

16 (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

Allison, Boone, Carroll, Charles City, Clarion, Dakota City, Eldora, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Garner, Hampton, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Mason City, Nevada, Northwood, Osage, Pocahontas, Rockwell City, Sac City, Waverly, Webster City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

4.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4