Charlotte County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 163,453 81.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,501 8.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,151 5.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,714 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,102 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 116 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 82 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 945 0.5%

• Under 18 23,648 11.8%
• 18–24 9,937 4.9%
• 25–44 31,701 15.8%
• 45–64 54,250 27.0%
• 65 and over 81,528 40.5%

Median household income

$72,816

90% interval $68,081–$77,551

−$4,871 vs FL · 31st of 67

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.5%–11.1%

−2.8 pp vs FL · 58th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+1.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.8B

0.57% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,186

Establishments

5,989

• Education & health services 13,475 23.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 12,779 22.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 9,588 16.8%
• Professional & business services 6,298 11.0%
• Construction 5,157 9.0%
• Public administration 3,845 6.7%
• Financial activities 2,126 3.7%
• Other services 2,062 3.6%
• Manufacturing 1,022 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 411 0.7%
• Information 389 0.7%
• Unclassified 49 0.1%

Home ownership

83.8%

+16.2 pp vs FL · 7th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,464

−$205 vs FL · 29th of 67

Owner-occupied

75,877

Renter-occupied

14,665

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($74,800 vs $31,453/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 10,335 5.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,390 1.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,790 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 1,005 0.5%
• Tagalog 753 0.4%
• Chinese 409 0.2%
• Vietnamese 162 0.1%
• Arabic 147 0.1%
• Korean 58 0.0%

Households

90,542

Family households

59,744

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,606

14.4% of families

Single-mother families

2,304

3.9% of families

Veterans

19,280

10.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.3%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

9.7%

±0.8 pp

52nd of 67

With a disability

19.8%

±0.9 pp

20th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

27.0%

±1.1 pp

−7.1 pp vs FL · 34th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.6%

90% interval 11.5%–13.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

29

16.35 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

28