Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Iowa

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 22,539
Median household income: $71,339
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,588 91.3%
Black or African American alone 143 0.6%
Asian alone 112 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 841 3.7%
Two or more races 846 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,668 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 5,553 24.6%
18–24 1,688 7.5%
25–44 5,317 23.6%
45–64 5,509 24.4%
65 and over 4,472 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,539
Establishments: 858

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,242 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,686 19.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,214 14.2%
Manufacturing 926 10.8%
Construction 870 10.2%
Natural resources & mining 359 4.2%
Professional & business services 282 3.3%
Other services 271 3.2%
Financial activities 217 2.5%
Information 72 0.8%
Public administration 58 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $862
Owner-occupied: 6,530
Renter-occupied: 2,518

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,551 votes cast

Republican 7,119 61.6%
Democratic 4,297 37.2%
Other / third-party 135 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 915 4.3%
German 470 2.2%
Chinese 55 0.3%
Other Indo-European 43 0.2%
Tagalog 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,048
Family households: 6,026; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,770
Single-mother households: 542
Veterans: 1,045; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,140 13.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,828 12.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,696 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 678 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

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: 2; 11.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023