Jury Pool Profile

Duval County, Florida

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 1,007,189
Median household income: $68,447
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 531,480 52.8%
Black or African American alone 291,322 28.9%
Asian alone 48,352 4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,004 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 691 0.1%
Some other race alone 38,145 3.8%
Two or more races 95,195 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 118,365 11.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 226,707 22.5%
18–24 87,918 8.7%
25–44 295,912 29.4%
45–64 245,782 24.4%
65 and over 150,870 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $105.4B; 6.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,652
Establishments: 35,090

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 129,833 23.0%
Education & health services 116,239 20.6%
Professional & business services 87,941 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 57,096 10.1%
Financial activities 55,734 9.9%
Construction 38,467 6.8%
Manufacturing 28,204 5.0%
Public administration 23,902 4.2%
Other services 14,480 2.6%
Information 10,201 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 936 0.2%
Unclassified 495 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.1%
Median gross rent: $1,385
Owner-occupied: 235,245
Renter-occupied: 169,894

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 471,268 votes cast

Republican 236,285 50.1%
Democratic 229,365 48.7%
Other / third-party 5,618 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 74,863 7.9%
Other Indo-European 16,541 1.8%
Tagalog 10,145 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9,502 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,362 1.0%
Slavic languages 7,838 0.8%
Arabic 6,275 0.7%
Other 5,457 0.6%
Vietnamese 3,489 0.4%
Chinese 2,987 0.3%
German 1,948 0.2%
Korean 862 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 405,139
Family households: 243,139; 60.0% of households
Married w/ children: 162,525
Single-mother households: 32,064
Veterans: 80,535; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 365,886 36.8%
Catholic 134,564 13.5%
Black Protestant 82,577 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 38,568 3.9%
Mainline Protestant 34,314 3.4%
Orthodox 4,187 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.1%

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: 165; 21.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 153

NHTSA FARS 2023