Gilchrist County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,208 85.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,529 8.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 573 3.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 36 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 617 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 56 0.3%

• Under 18 4,037 21.2%
• 18–24 1,608 8.4%
• 25–44 4,409 23.2%
• 45–64 5,135 27.0%
• 65 and over 3,851 20.2%

Median household income

$58,365

90% interval $52,995–$63,735

−$19,322 vs FL · 51st of 67

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 10.8%–17.4%

+2.0 pp vs FL · 32nd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$576.4M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,269

Establishments

388

• Education & health services 856 22.3%
• Public administration 652 17.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 414 10.8%
• Natural resources & mining 406 10.6%
• Construction 393 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 385 10.0%
• Manufacturing 298 7.8%
• Professional & business services 228 5.9%
• Other services 111 2.9%
• Financial activities 76 2.0%
• Information 10 0.3%
• Unclassified 3 0.1%

Home ownership

85.7%

+18.1 pp vs FL · 2nd of 67

Median gross rent

$926

−$743 vs FL · 51st of 67

Owner-occupied

6,130

Renter-occupied

1,021

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 50% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $66,790/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,884/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 8,931 83.6%
• Democratic 1,662 15.6%
• Other / third-party 93 0.9%

• Spanish 953 5.3%
• German or other West Germanic 67 0.4%
• Tagalog 47 0.3%
• Arabic 26 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 25 0.1%

Households

7,151

Family households

5,119

71.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,369

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

388

7.6% of families

Veterans

1,435

9.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,390 24.6%
• Catholic 250 1.4%
• Mainline Protestant 108 0.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

Health insured

87.2%

±2 pp

Uninsured

12.8%

±2 pp

21st of 67

With a disability

20.0%

±2.8 pp

19th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.3%

±2.4 pp

−18.8 pp vs FL · 52nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.7%

90% interval 13.2%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

17 (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

Bronson, Gainesville, Lake Butler, Macclenny, Starke, Trenton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

39.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5