Lake County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 262,750 63.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77,473 18.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,979 10.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8,387 2.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 18,283 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 295 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 456 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,301 0.8%

• Under 18 78,465 19.0%
• 18–24 26,840 6.5%
• 25–44 93,959 22.8%
• 45–64 103,797 25.1%
• 65 and over 109,863 26.6%

Median household income

$76,542

90% interval $73,925–$79,159

−$1,145 vs FL · 24th of 67

Below poverty line

9.0%

90% interval 7.6%–10.4%

−3.1 pp vs FL · 61st of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$17.9B

1.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,092

Establishments

10,942

• Education & health services 30,382 25.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 26,365 22.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 15,190 12.8%
• Professional & business services 13,012 11.0%
• Construction 11,861 10.0%
• Public administration 5,799 4.9%
• Manufacturing 4,969 4.2%
• Financial activities 4,030 3.4%
• Other services 3,414 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 2,495 2.1%
• Information 1,046 0.9%
• Unclassified 58 0.0%

Home ownership

77.6%

+10.0 pp vs FL · 26th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,586

−$83 vs FL · 18th of 67

Owner-occupied

127,645

Renter-occupied

36,852

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Information, $104,560/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,901/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 140,500 62.0%
• Democratic 84,546 37.3%
• Other / third-party 1,735 0.8%

• Spanish 49,914 12.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,138 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 1,507 0.4%
• Tagalog 1,016 0.3%
• Chinese 633 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 538 0.1%
• Vietnamese 486 0.1%
• Arabic 308 0.1%
• Korean 115 0.0%

Households

164,497

Family households

111,944

68.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

25,046

22.4% of families

Single-mother families

7,507

6.7% of families

Veterans

32,591

9.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 61,166 15.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 61,062 15.9%
• Mainline Protestant 16,005 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,810 3.3%
• Black Protestant 5,230 1.4%
• Orthodox 130 0.0%

Health insured

90.4%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

9.6%

±0.7 pp

54th of 67

With a disability

15.8%

±0.6 pp

40th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

27.8%

±0.9 pp

−6.3 pp vs FL · 33rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.6%

90% interval 11.7%–13.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

33 (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

Brooksville, Bushnell, Inverness, Ocala, Tavares

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

52

15.55 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

50