Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Iowa

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 6,518
Median household income: $59,118
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,169 94.6%
Black or African American alone 24 0.4%
Asian alone 28 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 23 0.4%
Two or more races 274 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 1,714 26.3%
18–24 434 6.7%
25–44 1,335 20.5%
45–64 1,575 24.2%
65 and over 1,460 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $316.5M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,332
Establishments: 185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 665 31.7%
Manufacturing 639 30.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 314 15.0%
Public administration 135 6.4%
Professional & business services 118 5.6%
Leisure & hospitality 77 3.7%
Financial activities 40 1.9%
Other services 22 1.0%
Information 17 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $660
Owner-occupied: 2,045
Renter-occupied: 509

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,119 votes cast

Republican 2,426 77.8%
Democratic 643 20.6%
Other / third-party 50 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.6% speak only English at home

German 410 6.8%
Spanish 51 0.8%
Other Indo-European 25 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,554
Family households: 1,672; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,425
Single-mother households: 121
Veterans: 284; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,702 26.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,196 18.4%
Catholic 59 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.5%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023