Bradford County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,324 72.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,407 5.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,304 15.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 198 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,632 5.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%

• Under 18 5,715 20.5%
• 18–24 2,052 7.4%
• 25–44 7,876 28.2%
• 45–64 7,174 25.7%
• 65 and over 5,068 18.2%

Median household income

$58,527

90% interval $53,153–$63,901

−$19,160 vs FL · 50th of 67

Below poverty line

18.2%

90% interval 14.6%–21.8%

+6.1 pp vs FL · 18th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+0.89 pp vs. state

County GDP

$975.7M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$38,699

Establishments

557

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,786 18.5%
• Public administration 1,458 15.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 881 9.1%
• Education & health services 787 8.1%
• Construction 349 3.6%
• Natural resources & mining 318 3.3%
• Manufacturing 243 2.5%
• Financial activities 154 1.6%
• Other services 124 1.3%
• Professional & business services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 63.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.3%

+5.7 pp vs FL · 47th of 67

Median gross rent

$863

−$806 vs FL · 61st of 67

Owner-occupied

6,801

Renter-occupied

2,477

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 43% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $81,093/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,981/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 729 2.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 406 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 25 0.1%
• Vietnamese 12 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Tagalog 2 0.0%

Households

9,278

Family households

6,231

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,471

23.6% of families

Single-mother families

697

11.2% of families

Veterans

1,845

8.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

88.4%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

11.6%

±2.4 pp

33rd of 67

With a disability

16.2%

±2 pp

38th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.2%

±1.9 pp

−18.9 pp vs FL · 53rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 11.7%–14.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

27.06 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5