Marion County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 262,011 65.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 68,129 17.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 46,349 11.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,921 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 13,628 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 506 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 318 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,216 0.6%

• Under 18 75,043 18.8%
• 18–24 25,907 6.5%
• 25–44 86,854 21.7%
• 45–64 97,485 24.4%
• 65 and over 114,789 28.7%

Median household income

$64,046

90% interval $61,220–$66,872

−$13,641 vs FL · 40th of 67

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 12.7%–15.9%

+2.2 pp vs FL · 30th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$17.6B

1.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,546

Establishments

10,340

• Trade, transportation & utilities 30,503 25.0%
• Education & health services 28,803 23.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,822 12.2%
• Construction 10,602 8.7%
• Professional & business services 10,103 8.3%
• Manufacturing 9,547 7.8%
• Public administration 7,632 6.3%
• Financial activities 4,235 3.5%
• Other services 3,139 2.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,872 1.5%
• Information 605 0.5%
• Unclassified 54 0.0%

Home ownership

77.5%

+9.9 pp vs FL · 27th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,277

−$392 vs FL · 37th of 67

Owner-occupied

127,737

Renter-occupied

37,144

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Information, $85,607/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,468/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 140,173 65.5%
• Democratic 72,436 33.8%
• Other / third-party 1,492 0.7%

• Spanish 48,368 12.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,064 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 1,407 0.4%
• Chinese 1,084 0.3%
• Tagalog 799 0.2%
• Vietnamese 777 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 439 0.1%
• Arabic 382 0.1%
• Korean 190 0.0%

Households

164,881

Family households

106,867

64.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

19,829

18.6% of families

Single-mother families

8,709

8.1% of families

Veterans

34,259

10.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

87.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

12.5%

±0.9 pp

25th of 67

With a disability

16.6%

±0.6 pp

33rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

23.4%

±0.9 pp

−10.7 pp vs FL · 38th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.2%

90% interval 14.1%–16.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

113

34.77 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

92