Calhoun County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,191 75.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 709 5.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,541 11.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 103 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 690 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 115 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 143 1.1%

• Under 18 2,668 19.8%
• 18–24 953 7.1%
• 25–44 3,591 26.6%
• 45–64 3,774 28.0%
• 65 and over 2,506 18.6%

Median household income

$53,701

90% interval $47,512–$59,890

−$23,986 vs FL · 62nd of 67

Below poverty line

19.2%

90% interval 14.5%–23.9%

+7.1 pp vs FL · 13th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.75 pp vs. state

County GDP

$506.1M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,247

Establishments

261

• Education & health services 1,339 41.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 526 16.2%
• Public administration 493 15.2%
• Construction 242 7.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 221 6.8%
• Financial activities 80 2.5%
• Professional & business services 64 2.0%
• Other services 34 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 9 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 92.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.8%

+11.2 pp vs FL · 22nd of 67

Median gross rent

$779

−$890 vs FL · 65th of 67

Owner-occupied

3,652

Renter-occupied

984

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $78,347/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,394/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 5,367 83.5%
• Democratic 1,021 15.9%
• Other / third-party 40 0.6%

• Spanish 447 3.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 45 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 26 0.2%
• Tagalog 21 0.2%
• Vietnamese 15 0.1%
• Korean 14 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 6 0.0%

Households

4,636

Family households

3,051

65.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

718

23.5% of families

Single-mother families

363

11.9% of families

Veterans

926

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,153 15.8%
• Black Protestant 406 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 381 2.8%
• Mainline Protestant 350 2.6%
• Catholic 180 1.3%

Health insured

82.4%

±4 pp

Uninsured

17.6%

±4 pp

5th of 67

With a disability

24.8%

±3.6 pp

2nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.6%

±2.4 pp

−20.5 pp vs FL · 57th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.2%

90% interval 12.7%–15.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

14th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

13 (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

Blountstown, Bonifay, Chipley, Marianna, Panama City, Port St. Joe

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

36.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4