Jury Pool Profile
Worth County, Iowa
- County seat
- Northwood
- Judicial district
- 2nd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,338
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,350.
At a glance
Worth County is a 7,338-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $74,047, $1,576 below the IA state median of $75,623; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 26.1% of covered employment, average pay $64,189/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.83%, below the 3.34% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 58% to 64% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 7,350
- Median household income
- $78,008
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.
Worth County has a population of 7,350, with a median age of 44.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.6%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 3.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $74,047; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 26% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 26.1% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 20.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.83%, below the Iowa state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 61%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Worth County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.5% in 2024, 62.0% in 2020, 57.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (532 individuals).