Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Florida

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 387,697
Median household income: $58,535
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 278,140 71.7%
Black or African American alone 48,781 12.6%
Asian alone 6,113 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,012 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 77 0.0%
Some other race alone 12,439 3.2%
Two or more races 41,135 10.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 61,736 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.2

Under 18 72,932 18.8%
18–24 25,269 6.5%
25–44 82,644 21.3%
45–64 95,396 24.6%
65 and over 111,456 28.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $17.6B; 1.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,526
Establishments: 10,226

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 30,110 25.2%
Education & health services 28,270 23.7%
Leisure & hospitality 14,881 12.4%
Construction 9,844 8.2%
Professional & business services 9,797 8.2%
Manufacturing 9,298 7.8%
Public administration 7,394 6.2%
Financial activities 4,167 3.5%
Other services 3,176 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 1,822 1.5%
Information 640 0.5%
Unclassified 127 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $1,174
Owner-occupied: 122,533
Renter-occupied: 37,263

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 214,101 votes cast

Republican 140,173 65.5%
Democratic 72,436 33.8%
Other / third-party 1,492 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 44,741 12.1%
Other Indo-European 3,104 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,224 0.6%
German 1,423 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,066 0.3%
Vietnamese 796 0.2%
Chinese 638 0.2%
Other 583 0.2%
Tagalog 553 0.1%
Slavic languages 372 0.1%
Arabic 330 0.1%
Korean 179 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 159,796
Family households: 104,535; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 78,447
Single-mother households: 8,442
Veterans: 34,899; 11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 68,796 18.3%
Catholic 38,372 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 16,066 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 11,759 3.1%
Black Protestant 9,113 2.4%
Orthodox 114 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.8%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 33 (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: Brooksville, Bushnell, Inverness, Ocala, Tavares

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 99; 31.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 91

NHTSA FARS 2023