Jury Pool Profile

Woodbury County, Iowa

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 105,760
Median household income: $70,147
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 78,375 74.1%
Black or African American alone 4,813 4.6%
Asian alone 2,654 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,802 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 422 0.4%
Some other race alone 3,912 3.7%
Two or more races 13,782 13.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,487 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 27,420 25.9%
18–24 10,826 10.2%
25–44 25,953 24.5%
45–64 25,117 23.7%
65 and over 16,444 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.0B; 2.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,684
Establishments: 3,308

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 12,603 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,717 22.8%
Manufacturing 7,392 14.4%
Leisure & hospitality 5,770 11.3%
Professional & business services 4,154 8.1%
Construction 3,025 5.9%
Public administration 2,293 4.5%
Financial activities 1,802 3.5%
Other services 1,388 2.7%
Information 517 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 235 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.4%
Median gross rent: $946
Owner-occupied: 27,718
Renter-occupied: 12,785

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,674 votes cast

Republican 25,969 60.9%
Democratic 16,145 37.8%
Other / third-party 560 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,279 13.5%
Other 1,166 1.2%
Vietnamese 1,117 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 856 0.9%
German 560 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 521 0.5%
Other Indo-European 274 0.3%
Korean 77 0.1%
Tagalog 74 0.1%
Chinese 47 0.0%
Arabic 42 0.0%
Slavic languages 25 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,503
Family households: 25,964; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 18,304
Single-mother households: 3,468
Veterans: 4,750; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 22,955 21.7%
Evangelical Protestant 11,737 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 10,971 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,844 3.6%
Black Protestant 1,028 1.0%
Orthodox 786 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Algona, Cherokee, Denison, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Onawa, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 11.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023