Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Florida

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 223,436
Median household income: $86,094
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 160,668 71.9%
Black or African American alone 25,437 11.4%
Asian alone 6,598 3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 268 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 148 0.1%
Some other race alone 8,234 3.7%
Two or more races 22,083 9.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,684 11.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 51,316 23.0%
18–24 17,094 7.7%
25–44 57,241 25.6%
45–64 60,244 27.0%
65 and over 37,541 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.1B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,688
Establishments: 5,454

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 16,735 29.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,211 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 8,691 15.1%
Professional & business services 6,211 10.8%
Construction 4,554 7.9%
Financial activities 2,819 4.9%
Public administration 2,662 4.6%
Other services 1,734 3.0%
Manufacturing 1,705 3.0%
Information 821 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 182 0.3%
Unclassified 88 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.2%
Median gross rent: $1,464
Owner-occupied: 62,335
Renter-occupied: 19,422

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 126,806 votes cast

Republican 87,711 69.2%
Democratic 37,926 29.9%
Other / third-party 1,169 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,591 6.4%
Tagalog 2,121 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,437 0.7%
Other Indo-European 1,311 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 983 0.5%
German 915 0.4%
Arabic 674 0.3%
Slavic languages 342 0.2%
Chinese 318 0.2%
Vietnamese 224 0.1%
Other 145 0.1%
Korean 59 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 81,757
Family households: 61,344; 75.0% of households
Married w/ children: 46,583
Single-mother households: 5,251
Veterans: 27,984; 16.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 46,570 21.3%
Catholic 28,364 13.0%
Mainline Protestant 5,836 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,568 2.6%
Black Protestant 756 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 46 (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: Fernandina Beach, Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 32; 18.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 31

NHTSA FARS 2023