Levy County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 34,652 76.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,706 10.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,516 7.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 251 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,998 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 57 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 198 0.4%

• Under 18 8,801 19.4%
• 18–24 2,855 6.3%
• 25–44 10,111 22.3%
• 45–64 12,223 26.9%
• 65 and over 11,401 25.1%

Median household income

$54,617

90% interval $49,828–$59,406

−$23,070 vs FL · 60th of 67

Below poverty line

17.6%

90% interval 14.3%–20.9%

+5.5 pp vs FL · 21st of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+0.92 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,461

Establishments

1,122

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,005 22.1%
• Education & health services 1,599 17.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,170 12.9%
• Construction 950 10.5%
• Public administration 896 9.9%
• Manufacturing 770 8.5%
• Natural resources & mining 558 6.2%
• Professional & business services 556 6.1%
• Financial activities 325 3.6%
• Other services 187 2.1%
• Information 45 0.5%
• Unclassified 10 0.1%

Home ownership

81.4%

+13.8 pp vs FL · 13th of 67

Median gross rent

$850

−$819 vs FL · 63rd of 67

Owner-occupied

15,118

Renter-occupied

3,444

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $75,846/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,183/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 2,813 6.5%
• German or other West Germanic 124 0.3%
• Chinese 60 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 53 0.1%
• Tagalog 42 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 13 0.0%
• Arabic 5 0.0%

Households

18,562

Family households

12,345

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,563

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,062

8.6% of families

Veterans

3,758

10.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

86.9%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

13.1%

±1.8 pp

18th of 67

With a disability

21.7%

±1.7 pp

6th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±1.8 pp

−17.6 pp vs FL · 48th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.5%

90% interval 14.9%–18.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

20

54.66 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19