Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Florida

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 70,755
Median household income: $55,070
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 51,524 72.8%
Black or African American alone 11,658 16.5%
Asian alone 660 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 116 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 29 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,998 2.8%
Two or more races 4,770 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,258 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 15,746 22.3%
18–24 5,661 8.0%
25–44 17,436 24.6%
45–64 17,769 25.1%
65 and over 14,143 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,261
Establishments: 1,818

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,808 27.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,674 23.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,890 11.7%
Manufacturing 2,313 9.4%
Public administration 1,955 7.9%
Construction 1,636 6.6%
Professional & business services 1,596 6.5%
Financial activities 724 2.9%
Other services 533 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 426 1.7%
Information 75 0.3%
Unclassified 15 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $915
Owner-occupied: 18,938
Renter-occupied: 7,782

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,592 votes cast

Republican 25,108 74.7%
Democratic 8,250 24.6%
Other / third-party 234 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,739 5.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 426 0.6%
German 174 0.3%
Tagalog 137 0.2%
Vietnamese 119 0.2%
Other Indo-European 99 0.1%
Slavic languages 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 45 0.1%
Chinese 39 0.1%
Korean 24 0.0%
Other 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,720
Family households: 17,298; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 12,107
Single-mother households: 1,782
Veterans: 6,029; 11% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,494 45.2%
Black Protestant 2,182 3.1%
Catholic 2,138 3.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,993 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,864 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.2%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Cross City, Jasper, Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Mayo, Perry

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 24; 43.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023