Jury Pool Profile

Lafayette County, Florida

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 8,035
Median household income: $60,692
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,169 76.8%
Black or African American alone 1,419 17.7%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 81 1.0%
Two or more races 343 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 956 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 1,456 18.1%
18–24 705 8.8%
25–44 2,382 29.6%
45–64 1,880 23.4%
65 and over 1,612 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $305.8M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,254
Establishments: 159

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 374 26.6%
Education & health services 332 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 243 17.3%
Natural resources & mining 173 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 67 4.8%
Professional & business services 52 3.7%
Financial activities 51 3.6%
Unclassified 4 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.4%
Median gross rent: $880
Owner-occupied: 2,132
Renter-occupied: 487

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,756 votes cast

Republican 3,296 87.8%
Democratic 441 11.7%
Other / third-party 19 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 811 10.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.4%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,619
Family households: 1,750; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,193
Single-mother households: 126
Veterans: 477; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,262 39.7%
Catholic 500 6.1%
Mainline Protestant 58 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 20.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Cross City, Jasper, Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Mayo, Perry

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023