Jury Pool Profile

Broward County, Florida

Democratic +17 (2024)

Population: 1,946,127
Median household income: $74,534
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 829,741 42.6%
Black or African American alone 549,799 28.3%
Asian alone 72,251 3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,749 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,309 0.1%
Some other race alone 102,810 5.3%
Two or more races 386,468 19.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 621,023 31.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 406,732 20.9%
18–24 146,350 7.5%
25–44 518,063 26.6%
45–64 532,388 27.4%
65 and over 342,594 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $173.7B; 10.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,492
Establishments: 81,808

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 194,810 22.5%
Education & health services 169,529 19.6%
Professional & business services 151,395 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 104,367 12.1%
Financial activities 65,828 7.6%
Construction 54,223 6.3%
Public administration 45,094 5.2%
Manufacturing 30,897 3.6%
Other services 29,562 3.4%
Information 16,634 1.9%
Unclassified 1,435 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 748 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.3%
Median gross rent: $1,804
Owner-occupied: 474,052
Renter-occupied: 275,320

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 874,526 votes cast

Democratic 507,328 58.0%
Republican 358,952 41.0%
Other / third-party 8,246 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

57.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 513,574 27.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 129,788 7.1%
Other Indo-European 64,182 3.5%
Slavic languages 19,049 1.0%
Other 18,917 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 10,073 0.5%
Chinese 9,821 0.5%
German 6,352 0.3%
Tagalog 6,030 0.3%
Arabic 5,938 0.3%
Vietnamese 5,515 0.3%
Korean 1,725 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 749,372
Family households: 478,673; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 322,317
Single-mother households: 52,304
Veterans: 63,053; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 367,974 18.9%
Evangelical Protestant 328,847 16.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 80,920 4.2%
Black Protestant 40,694 2.1%
Mainline Protestant 40,177 2.1%
Orthodox 4,483 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 62 (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: Fort Lauderdale

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 219; 14.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 216

NHTSA FARS 2023