Jury Pool Profile

Bay County, Florida

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 181,368
Median household income: $70,188
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 138,770 76.5%
Black or African American alone 18,134 10.0%
Asian alone 3,542 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 817 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 199 0.1%
Some other race alone 4,520 2.5%
Two or more races 15,386 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,221 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 38,149 21.0%
18–24 13,432 7.4%
25–44 47,184 26.0%
45–64 49,538 27.3%
65 and over 33,065 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.5B; 0.78% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,407
Establishments: 6,848

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 16,716 20.2%
Education & health services 15,508 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 14,372 17.4%
Professional & business services 10,527 12.7%
Public administration 7,006 8.5%
Construction 6,952 8.4%
Financial activities 4,755 5.8%
Manufacturing 3,413 4.1%
Other services 2,396 2.9%
Information 675 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 218 0.3%
Unclassified 92 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.3%
Median gross rent: $1,424
Owner-occupied: 51,976
Renter-occupied: 24,142

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 97,775 votes cast

Republican 71,497 73.1%
Democratic 25,201 25.8%
Other / third-party 1,077 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,416 6.1%
Other Indo-European 1,477 0.9%
Slavic languages 1,281 0.7%
Arabic 736 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 727 0.4%
Tagalog 645 0.4%
Vietnamese 604 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 530 0.3%
German 478 0.3%
Other 465 0.3%
Korean 318 0.2%
Chinese 113 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 76,118
Family households: 49,347; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 35,950
Single-mother households: 5,152
Veterans: 19,329; 13.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 39,800 22.7%
Catholic 11,526 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 6,400 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,758 2.7%
Black Protestant 1,930 1.1%
Orthodox 167 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.2%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 13 (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: Blountstown, Bonifay, Chipley, Marianna, Panama City, Port St. Joe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 16.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023