Jury Pool Profile
Hillsborough County, Florida
- County seat
- Tampa
- Judicial district
- 13th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,574,115
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,522,748.
At a glance
Hillsborough County is a 1,574,115-person venue. The county population is 50% White and 16% Black (Census race-alone categories). 30% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 44.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $84,691, $7,004 above the FL state median of $77,687; 38.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 30.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.0%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 20.9% of covered employment, average pay $71,918/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.63%, above the 4.5% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 1,522,748
- Median household income
- $79,540
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 50% / 16%.
Hillsborough County has a population of 1,522,748, with a median age of 37.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 50.5%; Black residents 16.0%. Independently, 30.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $84,691; 38.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 166,597 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 153,554, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 20.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.63%, above the Florida state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Hillsborough County was carried by the Republican candidate with 50.9% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 52.9% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 51.5% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 30.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
30.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Arabic. Veterans account for 7.3% of the adult civilian population (86,621 individuals).