Jury Pool Profile
Story County, Iowa
Democratic +10 (2024)
- Population
- 98,592
- Median household income
- $69,006
- Unemployment
- 2.9%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 81,672 82.8%
- Black or African American alone 2,679 2.7%
- Asian alone 6,675 6.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 446 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 91 0.1%
- Some other race alone 1,865 1.9%
- Two or more races 5,164 5.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,943 5.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 27
- Under 18 16,200 16.4%
- 18–24 29,868 30.3%
- 25–44 22,877 23.2%
- 45–64 16,874 17.1%
- 65 and over 12,773 13.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.9%
- -0.55 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $7.8B
- 2.93% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $62,615
- Establishments
- 3,066
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 8,756 18.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 7,123 15.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 5,182 10.9%
- Manufacturing 5,082 10.7%
- Professional & business services 4,985 10.5%
- Public administration 3,325 7.0%
- Construction 1,917 4.0%
- Financial activities 1,748 3.7%
- Other services 1,133 2.4%
- Natural resources & mining 658 1.4%
- Information 564 1.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 56.0%
- Median gross rent
- $1,019
- Owner-occupied
- 21,668
- Renter-occupied
- 17,040
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 49,200 votes cast
- Democratic 26,765 54.4%
- Republican 21,665 44.0%
- Other / third-party 770 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
89.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,153 2.3%
- Other Indo-European 2,041 2.2%
- Chinese 1,644 1.7%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1,021 1.1%
- Korean 1,002 1.1%
- Other 567 0.6%
- German 514 0.5%
- Vietnamese 418 0.4%
- Slavic languages 392 0.4%
- Arabic 243 0.3%
- Tagalog 181 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 121 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 38,708
- Family households
- 18,912
- 48.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 15,701
- Single-mother households
- 1,247
- Veterans
- 3,600
- 4.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
34.4% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.4%
- With a disability
- 9.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 53.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 countys.
Traffic safety context
Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 4.85 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023