Jury Pool Profile

Glades County, Florida

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 12,324
Median household income: $38,905
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,927 64.3%
Black or African American alone 1,862 15.1%
Asian alone 43 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 385 3.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 625 5.1%
Two or more races 1,482 12.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,089 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.8

Under 18 1,686 13.7%
18–24 1,047 8.5%
25–44 3,252 26.4%
45–64 3,066 24.9%
65 and over 3,273 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $447.3M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,125
Establishments: 204

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 396 19.8%
Education & health services 320 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 302 15.1%
Professional & business services 294 14.7%
Public administration 218 10.9%
Leisure & hospitality 95 4.7%
Financial activities 32 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $927
Owner-occupied: 3,634
Renter-occupied: 926

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,279 votes cast

Republican 4,034 76.4%
Democratic 1,222 23.1%
Other / third-party 23 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,667 22.3%
Other 118 1.0%
German 55 0.5%
Other Indo-European 48 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.3%
Slavic languages 24 0.2%
Tagalog 18 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,560
Family households: 3,129; 68.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,259
Single-mother households: 254
Veterans: 1,265; 11.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,132 50.6%
Catholic 718 5.9%
Mainline Protestant 210 1.7%
Black Protestant 76 0.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.6%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 36 (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: East Naples, Fort Myers, LaBelle, Moore Haven, Punta Gorda

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 103.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023