Jury Pool Profile

Wapello County, Iowa

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 35,265
Median household income: $60,034
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,147 82.7%
Black or African American alone 1,191 3.4%
Asian alone 526 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 102 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 690 2.0%
Some other race alone 1,250 3.5%
Two or more races 2,359 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,457 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 8,349 23.7%
18–24 2,902 8.2%
25–44 8,598 24.4%
45–64 9,054 25.7%
65 and over 6,362 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.81% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,071
Establishments: 887

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,023 26.2%
Manufacturing 3,722 24.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,318 21.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,303 8.5%
Professional & business services 978 6.4%
Public administration 605 3.9%
Construction 586 3.8%
Financial activities 341 2.2%
Other services 325 2.1%
Information 97 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 22 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $950
Owner-occupied: 9,501
Renter-occupied: 4,587

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,571 votes cast

Republican 9,479 65.1%
Democratic 4,896 33.6%
Other / third-party 196 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,868 8.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 721 2.2%
Other 401 1.2%
Tagalog 232 0.7%
Other Indo-European 120 0.4%
German 104 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 98 0.3%
Arabic 93 0.3%
Slavic languages 66 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,088
Family households: 9,177; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 6,520
Single-mother households: 1,061
Veterans: 1,746; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,504 15.5%
Catholic 2,715 7.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,247 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 644 1.8%
Black Protestant 270 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 14.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023