Martin County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 121,241 74.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,843 15.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,569 4.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,120 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,783 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 99 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 57 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 464 0.3%

• Under 18 26,134 16.1%
• 18–24 9,941 6.1%
• 25–44 30,704 18.9%
• 45–64 43,192 26.6%
• 65 and over 52,205 32.2%

Median household income

$94,583

90% interval $88,469–$100,697

+$16,896 vs FL · 4th of 67

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 6.8%–10.4%

−3.5 pp vs FL · 65th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$12.3B

0.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,234

Establishments

7,622

• Education & health services 19,228 24.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 14,317 18.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 11,171 14.3%
• Professional & business services 11,114 14.3%
• Construction 8,015 10.3%
• Manufacturing 3,772 4.8%
• Other services 3,149 4.0%
• Public administration 3,040 3.9%
• Financial activities 2,982 3.8%
• Information 635 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 451 0.6%
• Unclassified 44 0.1%

Home ownership

79.6%

+12.0 pp vs FL · 21st of 67

Median gross rent

$1,569

−$100 vs FL · 20th of 67

Owner-occupied

53,998

Renter-occupied

13,803

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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 (Financial activities, $110,531/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $37,252/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 64,121 65.2%
• Democratic 33,539 34.1%
• Other / third-party 631 0.6%

• Spanish 17,376 11.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,337 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 942 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 665 0.4%
• Chinese 340 0.2%
• Tagalog 330 0.2%
• Arabic 152 0.1%
• Vietnamese 77 0.0%
• Korean 48 0.0%

Households

67,801

Family households

42,651

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,143

19.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,393

5.6% of families

Veterans

12,168

8.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±0.9 pp

43rd of 67

With a disability

14.2%

±0.8 pp

48th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

37.1%

±1.3 pp

+3.0 pp vs FL · 11th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.6%

90% interval 13.4%–15.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

19

13.97 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19