Woodbury County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 71,279 67.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,316 19.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,179 4.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,486 2.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,556 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,431 1.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 775 0.7%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 225 0.2%

• Under 18 27,391 25.8%
• 18–24 10,748 10.1%
• 25–44 26,640 25.1%
• 45–64 24,604 23.2%
• 65 and over 16,864 15.9%

Median household income

$76,974

90% interval $72,906–$81,042

+$1,351 vs IA · 33rd of 99

Below poverty line

13.6%

90% interval 11.5%–15.7%

+2.4 pp vs IA · 15th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.0B

2.64% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,218

Establishments

3,258

• Education & health services 12,732 25.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 11,399 22.4%
• Manufacturing 7,585 14.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,818 11.4%
• Professional & business services 3,717 7.3%
• Construction 2,982 5.9%
• Public administration 2,291 4.5%
• Financial activities 1,764 3.5%
• Other services 1,407 2.8%
• Information 502 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 241 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 99.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.2%

−3.5 pp vs IA · 93rd of 99

Median gross rent

$981

+$9 vs IA · 9th of 99

Owner-occupied

27,754

Renter-occupied

12,945

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $76,484/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,092/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 25,969 60.9%
• Democratic 16,145 37.8%
• Other / third-party 560 1.3%

• Spanish 13,718 13.9%
• Vietnamese 652 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 611 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 568 0.6%
• Tagalog 205 0.2%
• Chinese 59 0.1%
• Arabic 57 0.1%
• Korean 20 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.0%

Households

40,699

Family households

26,058

64.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,252

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

3,536

13.6% of families

Veterans

4,455

5.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.7%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±0.7 pp

18th of 99

With a disability

13.5%

±0.8 pp

58th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

24.3%

±1.4 pp

−7.1 pp vs IA · 31st of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 8.1%–9.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

13.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10