Gadsden County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,693 31.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,449 12.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 22,832 52.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,549 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 131 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%

• Under 18 9,643 22.1%
• 18–24 3,285 7.5%
• 25–44 10,453 23.9%
• 45–64 11,627 26.6%
• 65 and over 8,702 19.9%

Median household income

$56,398

90% interval $50,184–$62,612

−$21,289 vs FL · 56th of 67

Below poverty line

20.7%

90% interval 17.5%–23.9%

+8.6 pp vs FL · 6th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.15 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,002

Establishments

876

• Natural resources & mining 3,978 25.8%
• Education & health services 3,238 21.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,306 15.0%
• Construction 1,558 10.1%
• Public administration 1,152 7.5%
• Professional & business services 1,091 7.1%
• Manufacturing 1,055 6.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 607 3.9%
• Financial activities 202 1.3%

The sectors listed cover 98.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.7%

+3.1 pp vs FL · 51st of 67

Median gross rent

$851

−$818 vs FL · 62nd of 67

Owner-occupied

11,926

Renter-occupied

4,946

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $67,530/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,931/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 4,461 10.8%
• German or other West Germanic 100 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 73 0.2%
• Korean 36 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%

Households

16,872

Family households

10,734

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,606

15.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,462

13.6% of families

Veterans

2,423

7.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

84.3%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

15.7%

±2.3 pp

9th of 67

With a disability

21.0%

±1.5 pp

12th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±2.1 pp

−12.8 pp vs FL · 40th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.9%

90% interval 14.3%–17.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

35.22 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9