Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Florida

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 12,418
Median household income: $62,734
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,934 80.0%
Black or African American alone 1,355 10.9%
Asian alone 39 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 134 1.1%
Two or more races 940 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 675 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.2

Under 18 1,901 15.3%
18–24 606 4.9%
25–44 3,159 25.4%
45–64 3,495 28.1%
65 and over 3,257 26.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $505.9M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,873
Establishments: 426

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 880 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 665 18.8%
Public administration 542 15.3%
Education & health services 489 13.8%
Construction 298 8.4%
Financial activities 197 5.6%
Professional & business services 158 4.5%
Other services 117 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 32 0.9%
Information 30 0.8%
Unclassified 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $1,044
Owner-occupied: 3,798
Renter-occupied: 1,120

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,758 votes cast

Republican 4,831 71.5%
Democratic 1,870 27.7%
Other / third-party 57 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 507 4.2%
Other 79 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 66 0.6%
Other Indo-European 39 0.3%
German 27 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.2%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,918
Family households: 3,170; 64.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,325
Single-mother households: 443
Veterans: 1,075; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,250 34.1%
Mainline Protestant 692 5.6%
Catholic 320 2.6%
Black Protestant 278 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 187 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.7%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 15 (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: Apalachicola, Bristol, Crawfordville, Monticello, Quincy, Tallahassee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 57.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023