Brevard County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 444,256 70.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77,253 12.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 59,481 9.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 15,334 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 30,191 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 626 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 418 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5,221 0.8%

• Under 18 114,255 18.1%
• 18–24 44,357 7.0%
• 25–44 145,320 23.0%
• 45–64 173,818 27.5%
• 65 and over 155,030 24.5%

Median household income

$78,154

90% interval $76,213–$80,095

+$467 vs FL · 22nd of 67

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 8.9%–11.3%

−2.0 pp vs FL · 55th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$43.5B

2.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,833

Establishments

18,749

• Education & health services 51,480 21.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 40,605 16.7%
• Professional & business services 36,974 15.2%
• Manufacturing 35,021 14.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 30,344 12.5%
• Construction 16,219 6.7%
• Public administration 14,748 6.1%
• Financial activities 8,183 3.4%
• Other services 6,869 2.8%
• Information 2,596 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 436 0.2%
• Unclassified 93 0.0%

Home ownership

76.7%

+9.1 pp vs FL · 29th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,556

−$113 vs FL · 21st of 67

Owner-occupied

197,609

Renter-occupied

60,086

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $123,077/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,721/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 216,533 59.9%
• Democratic 141,233 39.1%
• Other / third-party 3,683 1.0%

• Spanish 45,703 7.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,850 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 2,604 0.4%
• Vietnamese 2,237 0.4%
• Tagalog 2,195 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,900 0.3%
• Chinese 1,680 0.3%
• Arabic 1,430 0.2%
• Korean 727 0.1%

Households

257,695

Family households

162,825

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

35,945

22.1% of families

Single-mother families

11,733

7.2% of families

Veterans

65,035

12.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 109,888 18.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 93,422 15.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 20,888 3.4%
• Mainline Protestant 20,471 3.4%
• Black Protestant 10,116 1.7%
• Orthodox 790 0.1%

Health insured

90.2%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

9.8%

±0.4 pp

51st of 67

With a disability

16.3%

±0.5 pp

36th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

34.2%

±0.7 pp

+0.1 pp vs FL · 21st of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.2%

90% interval 11.4%–13.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

18th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

26 (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

Sanford, Titusville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

86

16.59 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

84