Jury Pool Profile

Citrus County, Florida

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 158,693
Median household income: $55,355
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 140,889 88.8%
Black or African American alone 3,546 2.2%
Asian alone 2,169 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 450 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 67 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,297 1.4%
Two or more races 9,275 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,329 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 56.9

Under 18 23,508 14.8%
18–24 8,413 5.3%
25–44 27,033 17.0%
45–64 42,080 26.5%
65 and over 57,659 36.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +2.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.0B; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,953
Establishments: 3,656

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,951 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,514 21.7%
Leisure & hospitality 5,349 15.4%
Professional & business services 3,384 9.8%
Construction 3,101 8.9%
Public administration 1,900 5.5%
Financial activities 1,470 4.2%
Other services 1,064 3.1%
Manufacturing 518 1.5%
Information 217 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 198 0.6%
Unclassified 37 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.8%
Median gross rent: $1,069
Owner-occupied: 59,129
Renter-occupied: 10,572

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 98,233 votes cast

Republican 71,356 72.6%
Democratic 26,276 26.7%
Other / third-party 601 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,900 3.8%
Tagalog 741 0.5%
German 725 0.5%
Other Indo-European 714 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 579 0.4%
Slavic languages 356 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 314 0.2%
Vietnamese 201 0.1%
Chinese 184 0.1%
Korean 61 0.0%
Arabic 50 0.0%
Other 28 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 69,701
Family households: 44,698; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 35,427
Single-mother households: 2,379
Veterans: 17,215; 12.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 26,910 17.5%
Evangelical Protestant 21,489 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,239 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,434 2.2%
Black Protestant 764 0.5%
Orthodox 412 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 33 (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: Brooksville, Bushnell, Inverness, Ocala, Tavares

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 19.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 24

NHTSA FARS 2023