Leon County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 158,275 53.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,307 8.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 89,710 30.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 10,490 3.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 12,986 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 115 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 119 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,540 0.5%

• Under 18 55,054 18.5%
• 18–24 63,781 21.4%
• 25–44 75,119 25.2%
• 45–64 59,580 20.0%
• 65 and over 44,008 14.8%

Median household income

$64,847

90% interval $61,074–$68,620

−$12,840 vs FL · 38th of 67

Below poverty line

21.3%

90% interval 19.5%–23.1%

+9.2 pp vs FL · 5th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$23.6B

1.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$64,931

Establishments

10,872

• Education & health services 42,804 25.9%
• Public administration 30,203 18.3%
• Professional & business services 23,889 14.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 22,580 13.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 18,762 11.3%
• Financial activities 8,515 5.1%
• Construction 7,541 4.6%
• Other services 5,466 3.3%
• Information 248 0.1%
• Natural resources & mining 130 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 96.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

52.6%

−15.0 pp vs FL · 66th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,291

−$378 vs FL · 36th of 67

Owner-occupied

64,446

Renter-occupied

58,151

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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 (Professional & business services, $96,694/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,967/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 14,390 5.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,549 0.9%
• Chinese 1,856 0.7%
• Arabic 1,313 0.5%
• Vietnamese 1,180 0.4%
• Tagalog 1,065 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,000 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 738 0.3%
• Korean 259 0.1%

Households

122,597

Family households

63,720

52.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

15,365

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

9,001

14.1% of families

Veterans

13,504

5.6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.6%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

7.4%

±0.5 pp

63rd of 67

With a disability

13.3%

±0.6 pp

55th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

48.9%

±1.3 pp

+14.8 pp vs FL · 2nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.4%

90% interval 10.4%–12.4% · 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

38

15.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

35