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Jury Pool Profile

Leon County, Florida

Democratic +22 (2024)
Population
295,335
Median household income
$65,074
Unemployment
4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 166,854 56.5%
  • Black or African American alone 90,582 30.7%
  • Asian alone 10,185 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 453 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 118 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 6,134 2.1%
  • Two or more races 21,009 7.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,394 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.9

  • Under 18 54,931 18.6%
  • 18–24 63,256 21.4%
  • 25–44 74,564 25.2%
  • 45–64 60,038 20.3%
  • 65 and over 42,546 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.4%
+0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$23.6B
1.36% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,906
Establishments
11,134

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 42,220 25.8%
  • Public administration 29,983 18.3%
  • Professional & business services 23,136 14.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 22,405 13.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 18,668 11.4%
  • Financial activities 8,185 5.0%
  • Construction 7,295 4.5%
  • Other services 5,441 3.3%
  • Information 3,517 2.1%
  • Manufacturing 2,477 1.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 302 0.2%
  • Unclassified 129 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
51.9%
Median gross rent
$1,230
Owner-occupied
62,572
Renter-occupied
58,101

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 156,800 votes cast

  • Democratic 94,520 60.3%
  • Republican 60,397 38.5%
  • Other / third-party 1,883 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 14,287 5.1%
  • Other Indo-European 3,166 1.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2,393 0.9%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 2,206 0.8%
  • Chinese 1,678 0.6%
  • Tagalog 1,066 0.4%
  • Arabic 1,061 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 869 0.3%
  • Other 849 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 817 0.3%
  • German 700 0.2%
  • Korean 345 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
120,673
Family households
63,327
52.5% of households
Married w/ children
41,807
Single-mother households
9,065
Veterans
13,683
5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 74,893 25.6%
  • Black Protestant 20,852 7.1%
  • Catholic 19,995 6.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 16,080 5.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,496 3.6%
  • Orthodox 497 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.3%
With a disability
12.3%
Bachelor's or higher
48.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
38
15.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
35

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Leon County, Florida to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.