Jury Pool Profile

Martin County, Florida

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 160,464
Median household income: $80,701
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 129,803 80.9%
Black or African American alone 8,071 5.0%
Asian alone 2,271 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 773 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 51 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,227 3.3%
Two or more races 14,268 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,690 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 53.2

Under 18 26,076 16.3%
18–24 9,731 6.1%
25–44 30,121 18.8%
45–64 43,544 27.1%
65 and over 50,992 31.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.3B; 0.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,415
Establishments: 7,584

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 18,521 24.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,186 18.5%
Professional & business services 11,386 14.9%
Leisure & hospitality 11,039 14.4%
Construction 7,322 9.6%
Manufacturing 3,743 4.9%
Other services 3,116 4.1%
Public administration 3,020 3.9%
Financial activities 2,977 3.9%
Information 659 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 403 0.5%
Unclassified 137 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $1,499
Owner-occupied: 54,328
Renter-occupied: 13,492

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 98,291 votes cast

Republican 64,121 65.2%
Democratic 33,539 34.1%
Other / third-party 631 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 17,291 11.2%
Other Indo-European 1,730 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,301 0.8%
Slavic languages 1,000 0.6%
German 626 0.4%
Tagalog 552 0.4%
Chinese 348 0.2%
Other 253 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 185 0.1%
Vietnamese 143 0.1%
Arabic 87 0.1%
Korean 54 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 67,820
Family households: 42,307; 62.4% of households
Married w/ children: 34,167
Single-mother households: 2,541
Veterans: 12,248; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 47,977 30.3%
Evangelical Protestant 22,538 14.2%
Mainline Protestant 8,696 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,813 2.4%
Black Protestant 1,568 1.0%
Orthodox 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th 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: Fort Pierce, Okeechobee, Stuart, Vero Beach

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 11.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023