Madison County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,722 53.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,051 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,429 35.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 782 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 74 0.4%

• Under 18 3,196 17.7%
• 18–24 1,341 7.4%
• 25–44 4,551 25.2%
• 45–64 4,858 26.9%
• 65 and over 4,143 22.9%

Median household income

$51,714

90% interval $45,670–$57,758

−$25,973 vs FL · 65th of 67

Below poverty line

19.6%

90% interval 14.9%–24.3%

+7.5 pp vs FL · 11th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.6%

+1.14 pp vs. state

County GDP

$748.3M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,601

Establishments

428

• Education & health services 1,530 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 803 16.2%
• Public administration 727 14.7%
• Manufacturing 597 12.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 430 8.7%
• Professional & business services 321 6.5%
• Financial activities 122 2.5%
• Other services 57 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 8 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.4%

+5.8 pp vs FL · 46th of 67

Median gross rent

$874

−$795 vs FL · 59th of 67

Owner-occupied

5,121

Renter-occupied

1,855

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Financial activities, $65,267/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,638/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 5,874 64.2%
• Democratic 3,231 35.3%
• Other / third-party 51 0.6%

• Spanish 610 3.5%
• Arabic 183 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 45 0.3%
• Korean 12 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.1%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

6,976

Family households

4,036

57.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

806

20.0% of families

Single-mother families

362

9.0% of families

Veterans

1,294

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,699 26.2%
• Black Protestant 2,450 13.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,216 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 570 3.2%
• Catholic 284 1.6%

Health insured

87.7%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

12.3%

±2.4 pp

27th of 67

With a disability

18.8%

±2.3 pp

24th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.9%

±2 pp

−20.2 pp vs FL · 56th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.6%

90% interval 14.0%–17.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

7 (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

Cross City, Jasper, Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Mayo, Perry

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

67.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10