Jury Pool Profile

Baker County, Florida

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 28,186
Median household income: $70,833
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,038 78.2%
Black or African American alone 3,288 11.7%
Asian alone 230 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 207 0.7%
Two or more races 2,405 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,049 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 6,814 24.2%
18–24 2,390 8.5%
25–44 7,689 27.3%
45–64 7,040 25.0%
65 and over 4,253 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,619
Establishments: 522

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,479 32.8%
Education & health services 2,445 32.4%
Public administration 685 9.1%
Leisure & hospitality 669 8.9%
Construction 487 6.5%
Professional & business services 262 3.5%
Other services 161 2.1%
Financial activities 148 2.0%
Manufacturing 115 1.5%
Information 53 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 41 0.5%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.2%
Median gross rent: $1,011
Owner-occupied: 7,498
Renter-occupied: 1,514

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,977 votes cast

Republican 12,926 86.3%
Democratic 1,982 13.2%
Other / third-party 69 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 861 3.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 84 0.3%
Tagalog 71 0.3%
Other Indo-European 62 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 50 0.2%
Other 35 0.1%
Arabic 15 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%
Chinese 11 0.0%
Vietnamese 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,012
Family households: 6,686; 74.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,883
Single-mother households: 591
Veterans: 1,570; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,189 25.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 696 2.5%
Catholic 639 2.3%
Black Protestant 540 1.9%
Mainline Protestant 326 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

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: 7; 32.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023