Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, Florida

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 18,113
Median household income: $48,176
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,161 56.1%
Black or African American alone 6,604 36.5%
Asian alone 25 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 394 2.2%
Two or more races 891 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,005 5.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.9

Under 18 3,220 17.8%
18–24 1,251 6.9%
25–44 4,637 25.6%
45–64 4,909 27.1%
65 and over 4,096 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $748.3M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,239
Establishments: 448

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,405 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 883 18.4%
Public administration 701 14.6%
Manufacturing 538 11.2%
Leisure & hospitality 441 9.2%
Professional & business services 294 6.1%
Financial activities 113 2.3%
Other services 60 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.0%
Median gross rent: $819
Owner-occupied: 5,026
Renter-occupied: 1,954

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,156 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 652 3.8%
Arabic 141 0.8%
German 49 0.3%
Other Indo-European 30 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.2%
Other 15 0.1%
Korean 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,980
Family households: 4,086; 58.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,944
Single-mother households: 345
Veterans: 1,431; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.3% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 67.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023