Jackson County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 30,699 63.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,598 5.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,165 25.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 272 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,306 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 96 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 81 0.2%

• Under 18 9,135 18.9%
• 18–24 3,816 7.9%
• 25–44 12,922 26.8%
• 45–64 12,299 25.5%
• 65 and over 10,078 20.9%

Median household income

$55,272

90% interval $50,202–$60,342

−$22,415 vs FL · 59th of 67

Below poverty line

19.4%

90% interval 15.6%–23.2%

+7.3 pp vs FL · 12th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,664

Establishments

1,016

• Education & health services 4,059 28.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,151 21.8%
• Public administration 2,409 16.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,227 8.5%
• Construction 1,160 8.0%
• Professional & business services 932 6.5%
• Financial activities 378 2.6%
• Other services 363 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.9%

+8.3 pp vs FL · 35th of 67

Median gross rent

$865

−$804 vs FL · 60th of 67

Owner-occupied

13,117

Renter-occupied

4,159

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $65,901/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,419/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 16,074 72.7%
• Democratic 5,892 26.7%
• Other / third-party 132 0.6%

• Spanish 1,892 4.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 256 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 186 0.4%
• Arabic 37 0.1%
• Tagalog 17 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.0%
• Vietnamese 11 0.0%

Households

17,276

Family households

10,561

61.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,983

18.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,480

14.0% of families

Veterans

2,934

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 17,530 37.0%
• Black Protestant 4,527 9.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,745 3.7%
• Catholic 620 1.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 523 1.1%

Health insured

91.4%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±1.3 pp

57th of 67

With a disability

17.8%

±1.2 pp

27th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.1%

±1.5 pp

−19.0 pp vs FL · 54th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.5%

90% interval 11.2%–13.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

30.68 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11