Jury Pool Profile
Duval County, Florida
- County seat
- Jacksonville
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,062,963
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,023,153.
At a glance
Duval County is a 1,062,963-person venue. The county population is 51% White and 29% Black (Census race-alone categories). 12% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $73,638, $4,049 below the FL state median of $77,687; 34.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (1.9%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.1% of covered employment, average pay $61,306/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.84%, above the 4.5% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 1,023,153
- Median household income
- $71,277
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 51% / 29%.
Duval County has a population of 1,023,153, with a median age of 36.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 51.0%; Black residents 28.6%. Independently, 12.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $73,638; 34.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 129,765 jobs; Education & health services, 118,786, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 23.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.84%, above the Florida state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Duval County was carried by the Republican candidate with 50.1% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 51.2% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 49.0% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
16.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 10.3% of the adult civilian population (80,475 individuals).