Jury Pool Profile

Webster County, Iowa

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 36,848
Median household income: $68,054
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,035 86.9%
Black or African American alone 1,163 3.2%
Asian alone 436 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 110 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 643 1.7%
Two or more races 2,461 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,217 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 7,872 21.4%
18–24 4,141 11.2%
25–44 8,775 23.8%
45–64 8,802 23.9%
65 and over 7,258 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 1.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,709
Establishments: 1,198

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,332 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,286 24.4%
Manufacturing 2,619 14.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,505 8.6%
Construction 1,382 7.9%
Public administration 1,080 6.2%
Professional & business services 944 5.4%
Financial activities 457 2.6%
Other services 416 2.4%
Information 255 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 164 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.1%
Median gross rent: $762
Owner-occupied: 10,962
Renter-occupied: 4,679

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,706 votes cast

Republican 10,850 64.9%
Democratic 5,641 33.8%
Other / third-party 215 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,090 3.1%
German 282 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 153 0.4%
Other 141 0.4%
Chinese 79 0.2%
Korean 66 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 23 0.1%
Tagalog 21 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.0%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,641
Family households: 8,389; 53.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,448
Single-mother households: 509
Veterans: 2,063; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 7,190 19.4%
Catholic 6,147 16.6%
Evangelical Protestant 4,396 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 519 1.4%
Black Protestant 160 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 16 (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: Allison, Boone, Carroll, Charles City, Clarion, Dakota City, Eldora, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Garner, Hampton, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Mason City, Nevada, Northwood, Osage, Pocahontas, Rockwell City, Sac City, Waverly, Webster City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 27.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023