Jury Pool Profile

Levy County, Florida

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 44,276
Median household income: $53,805
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,408 82.2%
Black or African American alone 3,705 8.4%
Asian alone 391 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 96 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 907 2.0%
Two or more races 2,754 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,365 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 8,687 19.6%
18–24 2,922 6.6%
25–44 9,361 21.1%
45–64 12,247 27.7%
65 and over 11,059 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,623
Establishments: 1,134

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,115 23.1%
Education & health services 1,607 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,231 13.4%
Public administration 908 9.9%
Construction 884 9.7%
Manufacturing 652 7.1%
Natural resources & mining 583 6.4%
Professional & business services 527 5.8%
Financial activities 330 3.6%
Other services 239 2.6%
Information 61 0.7%
Unclassified 17 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $826
Owner-occupied: 14,353
Renter-occupied: 3,623

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,377 votes cast

Republican 18,245 74.8%
Democratic 5,994 24.6%
Other / third-party 138 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,881 6.8%
Chinese 132 0.3%
German 74 0.2%
Tagalog 74 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 58 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.0%
Other Indo-European 14 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,976
Family households: 11,722; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 8,311
Single-mother households: 1,037
Veterans: 4,023; 11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,986 30.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,350 5.5%
Catholic 1,323 3.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,163 2.7%
Black Protestant 754 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.1%
With a disability: 20.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 17 (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: Bronson, Gainesville, Lake Butler, Macclenny, Starke, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 59.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023