Jury Pool Profile

Gulf County, Florida

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 14,772
Median household income: $67,361
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,680 79.1%
Black or African American alone 2,075 14.0%
Asian alone 67 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 119 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.1%
Some other race alone 93 0.6%
Two or more races 720 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 656 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.3

Under 18 2,189 14.8%
18–24 879 6.0%
25–44 3,944 26.7%
45–64 4,291 29.0%
65 and over 3,469 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $652.0M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,111
Establishments: 536

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 855 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 801 17.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 765 16.8%
Public administration 657 14.4%
Professional & business services 393 8.6%
Construction 380 8.3%
Financial activities 290 6.4%
Manufacturing 177 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 101 2.2%
Other services 79 1.7%
Information 56 1.2%
Unclassified 9 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $1,161
Owner-occupied: 4,655
Renter-occupied: 1,145

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,697 votes cast

Republican 6,684 76.9%
Democratic 1,970 22.7%
Other / third-party 43 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 574 4.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 109 0.8%
Slavic languages 49 0.3%
Arabic 30 0.2%
Other 24 0.2%
Other Indo-European 23 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,800
Family households: 3,853; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,026
Single-mother households: 283
Veterans: 1,249; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,345 58.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,127 7.9%
Black Protestant 600 4.2%
Catholic 532 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 122 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 13 (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: Blountstown, Bonifay, Chipley, Marianna, Panama City, Port St. Joe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 47.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023