Jury Pool Profile

Dixie County, Florida

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 16,952
Median household income: $47,655
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,427 85.1%
Black or African American alone 1,119 6.6%
Asian alone 73 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 49 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 26 0.2%
Two or more races 1,258 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 759 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.8

Under 18 3,085 18.2%
18–24 1,043 6.2%
25–44 4,241 25.0%
45–64 4,576 27.0%
65 and over 4,007 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $425.7M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,652
Establishments: 284

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 714 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 548 18.5%
Manufacturing 522 17.6%
Education & health services 455 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 260 8.8%
Construction 148 5.0%
Natural resources & mining 114 3.8%
Other services 97 3.3%
Professional & business services 72 2.4%
Financial activities 28 0.9%
Information 7 0.2%
Unclassified 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.8%
Median gross rent: $792
Owner-occupied: 5,139
Renter-occupied: 991

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,148 votes cast

Republican 6,920 84.9%
Democratic 1,183 14.5%
Other / third-party 45 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 313 1.9%
Slavic languages 42 0.3%
Arabic 35 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.2%
German 24 0.1%
Other 19 0.1%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,130
Family households: 4,187; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,139
Single-mother households: 245
Veterans: 1,460; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

20.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,465 14.7%
Mainline Protestant 396 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 354 2.1%
Catholic 250 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.3%
With a disability: 23.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.1%

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: 10; 72.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023