Collier County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 244,399 61.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 112,189 28.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 25,473 6.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,116 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,944 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 335 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 95 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,740 0.4%

• Under 18 64,916 16.3%
• 18–24 25,124 6.3%
• 25–44 74,894 18.8%
• 45–64 98,636 24.8%
• 65 and over 134,721 33.8%

Median household income

$97,022

90% interval $92,000–$102,044

+$19,335 vs FL · 2nd of 67

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 9.4%–11.4%

−1.7 pp vs FL · 52nd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$36.1B

2.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,214

Establishments

18,480

• Leisure & hospitality 34,419 20.0%
• Education & health services 33,306 19.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 31,592 18.3%
• Professional & business services 20,626 12.0%
• Construction 20,122 11.7%
• Financial activities 9,679 5.6%
• Other services 7,749 4.5%
• Public administration 5,912 3.4%
• Manufacturing 5,334 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 2,467 1.4%
• Information 1,142 0.7%
• Unclassified 118 0.1%

Home ownership

76.6%

+9.0 pp vs FL · 31st of 67

Median gross rent

$1,862

+$193 vs FL · 5th of 67

Owner-occupied

127,058

Renter-occupied

38,817

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $150,551/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $44,557/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 143,267 66.2%
• Democratic 71,720 33.1%
• Other / third-party 1,376 0.6%

• Spanish 89,504 23.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17,156 4.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,795 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 2,477 0.6%
• Chinese 908 0.2%
• Tagalog 650 0.2%
• Arabic 424 0.1%
• Vietnamese 413 0.1%
• Korean 189 0.0%

Households

165,875

Family households

111,362

67.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

20,660

18.6% of families

Single-mother families

6,502

5.8% of families

Veterans

20,390

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 134,637 35.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 59,137 15.7%
• Mainline Protestant 18,301 4.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 15,486 4.1%
• Orthodox 3,451 0.9%
• Black Protestant 578 0.2%

Health insured

88.7%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±0.6 pp

35th of 67

With a disability

11.3%

±0.5 pp

64th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

40.3%

±1.1 pp

+6.2 pp vs FL · 7th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.4%

90% interval 15.3%–17.5% · 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

59

17.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

49