Jury Pool Profile
Glades County, Florida
- County seat
- Moore Haven
- Judicial district
- 20th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,270
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 12,563.
At a glance
Glades County is a 13,270-person venue. The county population is 63% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). 26% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 54.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $58,721, $18,966 below the FL state median of $77,687; 13.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 25.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Professional & business services, at 22.6% of covered employment, average pay $70,996/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.67%, above the 4.5% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 76% of the vote across the three. At least 11% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 12,563
- Median household income
- $45,870
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 63% / 15%.
Glades County has a population of 12,563, with a median age of 46.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.0%; Black residents 14.7%. Independently, 25.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $58,721; 13.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Professional & business services, about 23% of covered jobs.
Professional & business services is the largest published sector at 22.6% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 16.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.67%, above the Florida state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Glades County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.4% in 2024, 72.8% in 2020, 68.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 25.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
25.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (997 individuals).