Jury Pool Profile

Miami-Dade County, Florida

Republican +12 (2024)

Population: 2,685,296
Median household income: $68,694
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 990,981 36.9%
Black or African American alone 414,760 15.4%
Asian alone 41,937 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,369 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 635 0.0%
Some other race alone 203,456 7.6%
Two or more races 1,027,158 38.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,846,781 68.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 540,695 20.1%
18–24 219,368 8.2%
25–44 733,857 27.3%
45–64 739,262 27.5%
65 and over 452,114 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -1.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $260.8B; 15.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,609
Establishments: 123,309

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 315,355 25.1%
Education & health services 276,076 22.0%
Professional & business services 186,407 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 152,493 12.1%
Financial activities 86,686 6.9%
Public administration 66,081 5.3%
Construction 57,768 4.6%
Manufacturing 45,801 3.6%
Other services 38,759 3.1%
Information 20,114 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 9,575 0.8%
Unclassified 2,454 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.2%
Median gross rent: $1,731
Owner-occupied: 503,562
Renter-occupied: 461,243

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,094,093 votes cast

Republican 605,590 55.4%
Democratic 480,355 43.9%
Other / third-party 8,148 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

24.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,685,479 66.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 122,899 4.8%
Other Indo-European 42,420 1.7%
Slavic languages 13,452 0.5%
Other 12,079 0.5%
Chinese 8,407 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,957 0.2%
Arabic 5,559 0.2%
German 4,975 0.2%
Tagalog 4,114 0.2%
Vietnamese 1,769 0.1%
Korean 1,238 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 964,805
Family households: 658,249; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 414,226
Single-mother households: 72,764
Veterans: 45,319; 2.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 807,567 29.9%
Evangelical Protestant 350,447 13.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 128,815 4.8%
Black Protestant 68,194 2.5%
Mainline Protestant 29,262 1.1%
Orthodox 3,365 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.7%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 80 (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: Miami

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 325; 15.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 310

NHTSA FARS 2023