Jury Pool Profile

Gadsden County, Florida

Democratic +31 (2024)

Population: 43,642
Median household income: $46,047
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,775 33.9%
Black or African American alone 24,028 55.1%
Asian alone 59 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 493 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,168 5.0%
Two or more races 2,119 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,180 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 9,691 22.2%
18–24 3,357 7.7%
25–44 10,402 23.8%
45–64 11,707 26.8%
65 and over 8,485 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,813
Establishments: 908

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 4,591 28.1%
Education & health services 3,288 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,430 14.9%
Construction 1,590 9.7%
Public administration 1,183 7.3%
Manufacturing 1,084 6.6%
Professional & business services 1,073 6.6%
Leisure & hospitality 625 3.8%
Financial activities 213 1.3%
Other services 158 1.0%
Information 76 0.5%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $792
Owner-occupied: 12,023
Renter-occupied: 4,462

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,868 votes cast

Democratic 14,203 64.9%
Republican 7,495 34.3%
Other / third-party 170 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,964 9.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 97 0.2%
Other Indo-European 53 0.1%
Korean 33 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.0%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,485
Family households: 10,668; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,135
Single-mother households: 1,533
Veterans: 2,323; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,730 24.5%
Black Protestant 9,060 20.7%
Catholic 2,167 4.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,124 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,419 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

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: 21; 61.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023