Jury Pool Profile
Union County, Iowa
- County seat
- Creston
- Judicial district
- 5th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 11,829
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 11,993.
At a glance
Union County is an 11,829-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,997, $11,626 below the IA state median of $75,623; 23.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 30.7% of covered employment, average pay $59,341/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.34%, level with the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 61% to 67% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 11,993
- Median household income
- $57,772
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 2%.
Union County has a population of 11,993, with a median age of 40.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.8%; Black residents 1.6%. Independently, 3.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,997; 23.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 31% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 30.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.34%, level with the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Union County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 67.4% in 2024, 64.8% in 2020, 61.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 56% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Korean. Veterans account for 7.6% of the adult civilian population (706 individuals).