Jefferson County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,097 60.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 765 5.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,188 27.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 179 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 762 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 76 0.5%

• Under 18 2,589 17.2%
• 18–24 1,226 8.1%
• 25–44 3,366 22.3%
• 45–64 4,216 27.9%
• 65 and over 3,694 24.5%

Median household income

$64,680

90% interval $57,391–$71,969

−$13,007 vs FL · 39th of 67

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 12.3%–19.5%

+3.8 pp vs FL · 26th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$440.6M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,505

Establishments

382

• Trade, transportation & utilities 571 19.3%
• Public administration 529 17.9%
• Education & health services 430 14.5%
• Natural resources & mining 372 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 304 10.3%
• Professional & business services 274 9.3%
• Other services 75 2.5%
• Financial activities 69 2.3%

The sectors listed cover 88.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.9%

+8.3 pp vs FL · 36th of 67

Median gross rent

$898

−$771 vs FL · 53rd of 67

Owner-occupied

4,363

Renter-occupied

1,388

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,825/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,389/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,011 58.9%
• Democratic 3,429 40.3%
• Other / third-party 62 0.7%

• Spanish 426 2.9%
• Tagalog 138 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 47 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 20 0.1%
• Chinese 13 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.1%

Households

5,751

Family households

3,876

67.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

632

16.3% of families

Single-mother families

392

10.1% of families

Veterans

1,288

10.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,860 40.4%
• Black Protestant 2,807 19.3%
• Mainline Protestant 981 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 282 1.9%
• Catholic 247 1.7%

Health insured

90.3%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

9.7%

±2.3 pp

53rd of 67

With a disability

21.2%

±2.7 pp

11th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

19.2%

±2.8 pp

−14.9 pp vs FL · 44th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 11.6%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

15 (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

Apalachicola, Bristol, Crawfordville, Monticello, Quincy, Tallahassee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

79.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9