Jury Pool Profile
Liberty County, Florida
- County seat
- Bristol
- Judicial district
- 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 8,035
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,687.
At a glance
Liberty County is an 8,035-person venue. The county population is 78% White and 12% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $57,015, $20,672 below the FL state median of $77,687; 16.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 31.7% of covered employment, average pay $41,091/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.33%, above the 4.5% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 83% of the vote across the three. At least 20% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 7,687
- Median household income
- $58,671
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 78% / 12%.
Liberty County has a population of 7,687, with a median age of 39.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 78.4%; Black residents 11.8%. Independently, 6.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,015; 16.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 32% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 31.7% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 26.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.33%, above the Florida state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Liberty County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.0% in 2024, 79.9% in 2020, 77.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.3% of the adult civilian population (391 individuals).