Jury Pool Profile

Taylor County, Iowa

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 5,901
Median household income: $67,279
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,434 92.1%
Black or African American alone 7 0.1%
Asian alone 3 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 204 3.5%
Two or more races 246 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 461 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

Under 18 1,386 23.5%
18–24 402 6.8%
25–44 1,283 21.7%
45–64 1,495 25.3%
65 and over 1,335 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.98 pp vs. state
County GDP: $375.9M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,564
Establishments: 192

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 632 31.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 448 22.1%
Education & health services 205 10.1%
Public administration 165 8.1%
Natural resources & mining 100 4.9%
Construction 60 3.0%
Other services 53 2.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $707
Owner-occupied: 1,921
Renter-occupied: 550

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,078 votes cast

Republican 2,381 77.4%
Democratic 666 21.6%
Other / third-party 31 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 309 5.5%
German 12 0.2%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,471
Family households: 1,600; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,284
Single-mother households: 108
Veterans: 422; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,043 34.7%
Evangelical Protestant 713 12.1%
Catholic 324 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 209 3.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 27 (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: Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 22.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023