Indian River County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 120,959 72.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,133 13.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,900 7.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,494 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,855 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 377 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 45 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,173 0.7%

• Under 18 25,086 15.0%
• 18–24 10,048 6.0%
• 25–44 30,495 18.3%
• 45–64 43,136 25.8%
• 65 and over 58,171 34.8%

Median household income

$81,530

90% interval $73,977–$89,083

+$3,843 vs FL · 17th of 67

Below poverty line

9.2%

90% interval 7.4%–11.0%

−2.9 pp vs FL · 59th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+1.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.2B

0.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,352

Establishments

5,864

• Education & health services 14,349 24.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 11,110 19.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,441 14.7%
• Professional & business services 6,514 11.3%
• Construction 4,982 8.7%
• Manufacturing 2,865 5.0%
• Financial activities 2,859 5.0%
• Public administration 2,681 4.7%
• Other services 2,509 4.4%
• Natural resources & mining 755 1.3%
• Information 492 0.9%
• Unclassified 20 0.0%

Home ownership

80.1%

+12.5 pp vs FL · 17th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,357

−$312 vs FL · 31st of 67

Owner-occupied

56,735

Renter-occupied

14,081

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $111,089/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $40,170/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 62,737 63.4%
• Democratic 35,654 36.0%
• Other / third-party 624 0.6%

• Spanish 16,076 10.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,585 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 884 0.6%
• Vietnamese 422 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 404 0.3%
• Arabic 262 0.2%
• Chinese 116 0.1%
• Tagalog 103 0.1%
• Korean 45 0.0%

Households

70,816

Family households

44,433

62.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,587

14.8% of families

Single-mother families

3,104

7.0% of families

Veterans

13,526

9.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 47,864 30.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 16,368 10.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,059 5.7%
• Mainline Protestant 8,544 5.3%
• Black Protestant 2,244 1.4%
• Orthodox 35 0.0%

Health insured

90.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

10.0%

±0.9 pp

48th of 67

With a disability

17.6%

±1 pp

28th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

33.8%

±1.3 pp

−0.3 pp vs FL · 22nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.5%

90% interval 12.3%–14.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

19th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

22 (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

Fort Pierce, Okeechobee, Stuart, Vero Beach

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

23

16.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19