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.
Traffic safety context
Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 38
- 15.81 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 35
NHTSA FARS 2023