Jury Pool Profile

Manatee County, Florida

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 416,020
Median household income: $75,792
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 310,362 74.6%
Black or African American alone 32,970 7.9%
Asian alone 9,170 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,061 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 333 0.1%
Some other race alone 17,636 4.2%
Two or more races 43,488 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74,279 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.4

Under 18 73,687 17.7%
18–24 26,857 6.5%
25–44 87,344 21.0%
45–64 110,707 26.6%
65 and over 117,425 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $26.3B; 1.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,844
Establishments: 14,624

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 32,934 22.9%
Education & health services 28,643 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 20,587 14.3%
Professional & business services 17,104 11.9%
Construction 12,992 9.0%
Manufacturing 9,119 6.3%
Financial activities 6,754 4.7%
Public administration 6,195 4.3%
Other services 5,574 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 2,208 1.5%
Information 1,594 1.1%
Unclassified 188 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $1,549
Owner-occupied: 125,853
Renter-occupied: 42,651

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 228,856 votes cast

Republican 140,486 61.4%
Democratic 86,674 37.9%
Other / third-party 1,696 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 52,163 13.1%
Other Indo-European 5,016 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,654 1.2%
Slavic languages 3,538 0.9%
German 2,293 0.6%
Vietnamese 2,009 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,420 0.4%
Chinese 1,281 0.3%
Other 1,081 0.3%
Arabic 905 0.2%
Tagalog 894 0.2%
Korean 133 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 168,504
Family households: 110,391; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 87,636
Single-mother households: 6,370
Veterans: 31,563; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 51,469 12.9%
Evangelical Protestant 46,953 11.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,500 2.9%
Mainline Protestant 10,768 2.7%
Black Protestant 4,886 1.2%
Orthodox 1,310 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Arcadia, Bradenton, Sarasota

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 71; 20.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 67

NHTSA FARS 2023