Jury Pool Profile

Gilchrist County, Florida

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 18,494
Median household income: $61,070
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,476 89.1%
Black or African American alone 592 3.2%
Asian alone 42 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 83 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 359 1.9%
Two or more races 940 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,378 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 3,851 20.8%
18–24 1,497 8.1%
25–44 4,361 23.6%
45–64 5,048 27.3%
65 and over 3,737 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $576.4M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,829
Establishments: 394

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 837 21.9%
Public administration 630 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 424 11.1%
Natural resources & mining 415 10.9%
Construction 390 10.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 367 9.6%
Manufacturing 314 8.2%
Professional & business services 236 6.2%
Other services 106 2.8%
Financial activities 76 2.0%
Information 11 0.3%
Unclassified 6 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.7%
Median gross rent: $855
Owner-occupied: 5,787
Renter-occupied: 1,126

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,686 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 796 4.5%
German 105 0.6%
Tagalog 82 0.5%
Arabic 35 0.2%
Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,913
Family households: 4,977; 72.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,879
Single-mother households: 453
Veterans: 1,452; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.6% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.9%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 27.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023