Winneshiek County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,533 93.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 612 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 81 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 107 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 442 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 73 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%

• Under 18 3,714 18.7%
• 18–24 2,669 13.4%
• 25–44 3,919 19.7%
• 45–64 4,939 24.9%
• 65 and over 4,632 23.3%

Median household income

$79,996

90% interval $72,636–$87,356

+$4,373 vs IA · 23rd of 99

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 6.9%–10.9%

−2.3 pp vs IA · 79th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,710

Establishments

764

• Education & health services 3,129 29.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,000 19.0%
• Manufacturing 1,462 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 950 9.0%
• Professional & business services 685 6.5%
• Construction 607 5.8%
• Natural resources & mining 561 5.3%
• Public administration 376 3.6%
• Financial activities 320 3.0%
• Other services 240 2.3%
• Information 113 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+2.5 pp vs IA · 63rd of 99

Median gross rent

$861

−$111 vs IA · 35th of 99

Owner-occupied

6,039

Renter-occupied

2,100

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $80,437/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,637/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 517 2.7%
• German or other West Germanic 66 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 42 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%
• Vietnamese 12 0.1%
• Tagalog 7 0.0%
• Arabic 4 0.0%

Households

8,139

Family households

5,026

61.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,467

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

182

3.6% of families

Veterans

1,065

6.6% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

97.3%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

2.7%

±0.9 pp

94th of 99

With a disability

10.8%

±1.4 pp

91st of 99

Bachelor's or higher

31.2%

±2.5 pp

−0.2 pp vs IA · 13th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.7%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

12.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2