Jury Pool Profile

Hendry County, Florida

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 40,798
Median household income: $53,044
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,532 55.2%
Black or African American alone 4,394 10.8%
Asian alone 429 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,047 2.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,685 6.6%
Two or more races 9,711 23.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,074 56.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 10,288 25.2%
18–24 4,301 10.5%
25–44 10,922 26.8%
45–64 9,747 23.9%
65 and over 5,540 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,090
Establishments: 1,055

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 2,613 21.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,229 18.0%
Education & health services 2,142 17.3%
Construction 1,425 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,059 8.6%
Professional & business services 1,026 8.3%
Public administration 921 7.4%
Manufacturing 432 3.5%
Financial activities 279 2.3%
Other services 187 1.5%
Information 44 0.4%
Unclassified 20 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $958
Owner-occupied: 10,091
Renter-occupied: 3,853

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,460 votes cast

Republican 9,253 68.7%
Democratic 4,096 30.4%
Other / third-party 111 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

49.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 18,364 48.6%
Other 347 0.9%
Other Indo-European 267 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 146 0.4%
Chinese 64 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.1%
German 26 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,944
Family households: 9,996; 71.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,237
Single-mother households: 1,373
Veterans: 1,201; 3.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,869 17.3%
Evangelical Protestant 6,440 16.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,534 3.9%
Black Protestant 945 2.4%
Mainline Protestant 489 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.4%
With a disability: 11.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.7%

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: 16; 52.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023