Jury Pool Profile

Bradford County, Florida

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 27,888
Median household income: $59,740
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,612 73.9%
Black or African American alone 5,182 18.6%
Asian alone 262 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 172 0.6%
Two or more races 1,637 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,360 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 5,712 20.5%
18–24 1,935 6.9%
25–44 7,886 28.3%
45–64 7,300 26.2%
65 and over 5,055 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $975.7M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,898
Establishments: 566

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,935 30.6%
Public administration 1,331 21.1%
Leisure & hospitality 810 12.8%
Education & health services 798 12.6%
Construction 334 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 302 4.8%
Manufacturing 264 4.2%
Professional & business services 241 3.8%
Financial activities 166 2.6%
Other services 107 1.7%
Information 25 0.4%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $838
Owner-occupied: 6,451
Renter-occupied: 2,653

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,932 votes cast

Republican 10,920 78.4%
Democratic 2,946 21.1%
Other / third-party 66 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 553 2.1%
Other Indo-European 201 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 85 0.3%
Tagalog 33 0.1%
German 28 0.1%
Other 15 0.1%
Vietnamese 10 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,104
Family households: 5,852; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,965
Single-mother households: 602
Veterans: 2,019; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,892 27.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,667 5.9%
Black Protestant 1,308 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 494 1.7%
Catholic 146 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.0%

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: 10; 45.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023