Jury Pool Profile

Hardee County, Florida

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 25,508
Median household income: $54,231
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,664 61.4%
Black or African American alone 1,666 6.5%
Asian alone 282 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 510 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,937 11.5%
Two or more races 4,449 17.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,713 42.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 6,410 25.1%
18–24 2,361 9.3%
25–44 6,590 25.8%
45–64 5,990 23.5%
65 and over 4,157 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,192
Establishments: 596

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,640 23.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,408 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,013 14.4%
Public administration 921 13.1%
Natural resources & mining 846 12.0%
Professional & business services 335 4.8%
Construction 325 4.6%
Manufacturing 252 3.6%
Financial activities 199 2.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.4%
Median gross rent: $954
Owner-occupied: 5,821
Renter-occupied: 2,327

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,143 votes cast

Republican 6,336 77.8%
Democratic 1,751 21.5%
Other / third-party 56 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

68.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,031 29.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 164 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 77 0.3%
Other 66 0.3%
Tagalog 59 0.2%
German 57 0.2%
Other Indo-European 50 0.2%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,148
Family households: 6,168; 75.7% of households
Married w/ children: 4,409
Single-mother households: 580
Veterans: 920; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,719 38.4%
Catholic 4,246 16.8%
Black Protestant 1,044 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 909 3.6%
Mainline Protestant 324 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.2%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 30 (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: Bartow, Sebring, Wauchula

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 78.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023