Jury Pool Profile

Charlotte County, Florida

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 195,083
Median household income: $66,154
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 165,176 84.7%
Black or African American alone 10,312 5.3%
Asian alone 2,546 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 258 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 73 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,748 1.9%
Two or more races 12,970 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,278 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 60

Under 18 23,070 11.8%
18–24 9,629 4.9%
25–44 30,466 15.6%
45–64 53,045 27.2%
65 and over 78,873 40.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.8B; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,082
Establishments: 5,918

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,031 23.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 12,960 23.1%
Leisure & hospitality 8,875 15.8%
Professional & business services 5,936 10.6%
Construction 5,465 9.8%
Public administration 3,665 6.5%
Financial activities 2,234 4.0%
Other services 1,966 3.5%
Manufacturing 1,025 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 414 0.7%
Information 378 0.7%
Unclassified 77 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.2%
Median gross rent: $1,289
Owner-occupied: 72,670
Renter-occupied: 14,706

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 123,674 votes cast

Republican 82,480 66.7%
Democratic 40,450 32.7%
Other / third-party 744 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,663 5.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,924 1.0%
Slavic languages 1,796 0.9%
Other Indo-European 1,583 0.8%
German 1,010 0.5%
Tagalog 692 0.4%
Other 542 0.3%
Chinese 293 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 291 0.2%
Vietnamese 231 0.1%
Arabic 224 0.1%
Korean 84 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 87,376
Family households: 57,718; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 47,717
Single-mother households: 2,590
Veterans: 19,727; 11.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 49,477 26.5%
Evangelical Protestant 26,424 14.1%
Mainline Protestant 7,734 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,504 2.4%
Black Protestant 1,402 0.8%
Orthodox 60 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 21.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 36 (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: East Naples, Fort Myers, LaBelle, Moore Haven, Punta Gorda

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 33; 19.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 33

NHTSA FARS 2023