Jury Pool Profile

Alachua County, Florida

Democratic +21 (2024)

Population: 281,751
Median household income: $59,659
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 176,610 62.7%
Black or African American alone 54,537 19.4%
Asian alone 16,588 5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 439 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 129 0.0%
Some other race alone 7,306 2.6%
Two or more races 26,142 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34,392 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.2

Under 18 50,339 17.9%
18–24 59,507 21.1%
25–44 74,052 26.3%
45–64 55,739 19.8%
65 and over 42,114 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $20.9B; 1.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,829
Establishments: 8,212

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 58,468 42.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 21,329 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 15,609 11.2%
Professional & business services 14,278 10.3%
Public administration 6,984 5.0%
Construction 5,760 4.1%
Financial activities 5,750 4.1%
Manufacturing 4,149 3.0%
Other services 3,206 2.3%
Information 1,712 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,672 1.2%
Unclassified 106 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.1%
Median gross rent: $1,255
Owner-occupied: 60,974
Renter-occupied: 51,802

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 136,548 votes cast

Democratic 81,578 59.7%
Republican 52,939 38.8%
Other / third-party 2,031 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 21,583 8.0%
Other Indo-European 6,322 2.4%
Chinese 3,052 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,275 0.8%
Tagalog 1,745 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,647 0.6%
Slavic languages 1,303 0.5%
German 1,206 0.4%
Korean 1,110 0.4%
Other 1,045 0.4%
Vietnamese 955 0.4%
Arabic 955 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 112,776
Family households: 57,363; 50.9% of households
Married w/ children: 41,649
Single-mother households: 6,031
Veterans: 14,835; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 68,683 24.7%
Catholic 27,395 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 16,882 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,513 3.8%
Black Protestant 5,824 2.1%
Orthodox 130 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 47.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 17 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction — claims ≤ $50,000, misdemeanors, traffic) separate. Vintage 2026 flcourts.gov; statutory judgeships are reauthorized annually by the Florida Supreme Court's certification of need under Fla. Stat. § 26.031 and may shift by ±1-2 between sessions. Counts for smaller rural circuits (3rd, 16th) are statutory minimums per § 26.031.)
Court seats: Bronson, Gainesville, Lake Butler, Macclenny, Starke, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 58; 25.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 56

NHTSA FARS 2023