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Jury Pool Profile

Brevard County, Florida

Republican +21 (2024)
Population
620,533
Median household income
$75,817
Unemployment
4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 467,703 75.4%
  • Black or African American alone 60,843 9.8%
  • Asian alone 15,017 2.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,483 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 403 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 18,153 2.9%
  • Two or more races 56,931 9.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72,613 11.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.8

  • Under 18 112,755 18.2%
  • 18–24 43,489 7.0%
  • 25–44 140,286 22.6%
  • 45–64 173,841 28.0%
  • 65 and over 150,162 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.5%
+0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP
$43.5B
2.52% of state
Avg. annual pay
$68,051
Establishments
18,850

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 51,082 21.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 39,966 16.5%
  • Professional & business services 36,143 14.9%
  • Manufacturing 34,805 14.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 30,198 12.5%
  • Construction 16,873 7.0%
  • Public administration 14,984 6.2%
  • Financial activities 8,038 3.3%
  • Other services 6,770 2.8%
  • Information 2,639 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 348 0.1%
  • Unclassified 280 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
76.9%
Median gross rent
$1,456
Owner-occupied
193,755
Renter-occupied
58,134

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 361,449 votes cast

  • Republican 216,533 59.9%
  • Democratic 141,233 39.1%
  • Other / third-party 3,683 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 43,003 7.2%
  • Other Indo-European 6,830 1.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 5,344 0.9%
  • German 2,841 0.5%
  • Tagalog 2,171 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 2,055 0.3%
  • Chinese 1,964 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 1,898 0.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,508 0.3%
  • Arabic 1,233 0.2%
  • Other 1,071 0.2%
  • Korean 644 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
251,889
Family households
158,973
63.1% of households
Married w/ children
123,135
Single-mother households
11,595
Veterans
67,800
13.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.1% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.1%
With a disability
16.0%
Bachelor's or higher
33.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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 countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
105
20.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
101

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Brevard County, Florida to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.