Jury Pool Profile

Winneshiek County, Iowa

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 19,972
Median household income: $75,652
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,844 94.4%
Black or African American alone 136 0.7%
Asian alone 116 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 50 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 244 1.2%
Two or more races 581 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 600 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 3,790 19.0%
18–24 2,773 13.9%
25–44 3,861 19.3%
45–64 5,031 25.2%
65 and over 4,517 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,439
Establishments: 767

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,053 29.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,007 19.2%
Manufacturing 1,441 13.8%
Leisure & hospitality 970 9.3%
Professional & business services 705 6.7%
Construction 610 5.8%
Natural resources & mining 550 5.2%
Public administration 367 3.5%
Financial activities 332 3.2%
Other services 255 2.4%
Information 124 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $800
Owner-occupied: 6,259
Renter-occupied: 1,938

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,927 votes cast

Republican 6,427 53.9%
Democratic 5,321 44.6%
Other / third-party 179 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 458 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 86 0.5%
Other 60 0.3%
German 51 0.3%
Slavic languages 51 0.3%
Other Indo-European 44 0.2%
Korean 30 0.2%
Vietnamese 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
Arabic 5 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,197
Family households: 5,151; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,494
Single-mother households: 260
Veterans: 1,127; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 8,800 43.8%
Catholic 4,580 22.8%
Evangelical Protestant 290 1.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 256 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.1%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 14 (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: Cresco, Decorah, Dubuque, Elkader, Grundy Center, Independence, Manchester, New Hampton, Waterloo, Waukon, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 30.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023