Jury Pool Profile

Hamilton County, Florida

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 13,445
Median household income: $47,696
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,889 58.7%
Black or African American alone 4,327 32.2%
Asian alone 66 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 216 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 437 3.3%
Two or more races 510 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,478 11.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 2,769 20.6%
18–24 949 7.1%
25–44 3,692 27.5%
45–64 3,401 25.3%
65 and over 2,634 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $781.6M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,583
Establishments: 248

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 716 22.8%
Education & health services 498 15.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 461 14.7%
Leisure & hospitality 422 13.5%
Professional & business services 133 4.2%
Other services 28 0.9%
Financial activities 20 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $819
Owner-occupied: 3,265
Renter-occupied: 1,095

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,733 votes cast

Republican 3,964 69.1%
Democratic 1,727 30.1%
Other / third-party 42 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,168 9.1%
Slavic languages 171 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 128 1.0%
Other 48 0.4%
Other Indo-European 27 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.2%
Tagalog 14 0.1%
Vietnamese 12 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,360
Family households: 3,109; 71.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,950
Single-mother households: 418
Veterans: 796; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,088 22.1%
Black Protestant 822 5.9%
Mainline Protestant 288 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 248 1.8%
Catholic 75 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Cross City, Jasper, Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Mayo, Perry

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 46.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023