Jury Pool Profile

Holmes County, Florida

Republican +80 (2024)

Population: 19,626
Median household income: $48,236
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,650 84.8%
Black or African American alone 1,310 6.7%
Asian alone 89 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 483 2.5%
Two or more races 943 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 697 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 4,030 20.5%
18–24 1,365 7.0%
25–44 4,979 25.4%
45–64 5,286 26.9%
65 and over 3,966 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $562.1M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,883
Establishments: 401

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,155 31.8%
Public administration 643 17.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 549 15.1%
Construction 385 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 309 8.5%
Professional & business services 147 4.1%
Other services 106 2.9%
Financial activities 104 2.9%
Information 24 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 20 0.6%
Unclassified 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 5,438
Renter-occupied: 1,649

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,116 votes cast

Republican 8,193 89.9%
Democratic 882 9.7%
Other / third-party 41 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 702 3.8%
Slavic languages 102 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 82 0.4%
Other Indo-European 29 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.1%
Arabic 13 0.1%
German 11 0.1%
Other 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,087
Family households: 4,523; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,240
Single-mother households: 397
Veterans: 1,584; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,335 32.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 533 2.7%
Mainline Protestant 498 2.5%
Black Protestant 304 1.5%
Catholic 106 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.1%

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: 7; 44.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023