Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Florida

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 14,713
Median household income: $56,984
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,238 62.8%
Black or African American alone 4,434 30.1%
Asian alone 103 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 248 1.7%
Two or more races 670 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 704 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47

Under 18 2,529 17.2%
18–24 1,225 8.3%
25–44 3,194 21.7%
45–64 4,160 28.3%
65 and over 3,605 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $440.6M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,974
Establishments: 388

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 617 20.2%
Public administration 532 17.4%
Education & health services 413 13.5%
Natural resources & mining 384 12.5%
Professional & business services 320 10.5%
Leisure & hospitality 300 9.8%
Construction 269 8.8%
Financial activities 76 2.5%
Manufacturing 58 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.1%
Median gross rent: $790
Owner-occupied: 4,262
Renter-occupied: 1,413

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,502 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 430 3.0%
Tagalog 71 0.5%
Other 36 0.3%
German 31 0.2%
Slavic languages 29 0.2%
Other Indo-European 29 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.2%
Chinese 14 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,675
Family households: 3,663; 64.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,457
Single-mother households: 342
Veterans: 1,281; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.1% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 20.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 24.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023