Jury Pool Profile
Miami-Dade County, Florida
- County seat
- Miami
- Judicial district
- 11th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 2,802,029
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,738,356.
At a glance
Miami-Dade County is a 2,802,029-person venue. The county population is 26% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). 69% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 12.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $75,779, $1,908 below the FL state median of $77,687; 34.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 75.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and French, Haitian, or Cajun. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.9% of covered employment, average pay $71,348/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.77%, below the 4.5% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 2,738,356
- Median household income
- $71,753
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 26%; Black: 15%.
Miami-Dade County has a population of 2,738,356, with a median age of 40.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 26.5%; Black residents 14.7%. Independently, 69.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $75,779; 34.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 317,660 jobs; Education & health services, 280,933, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 24.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.77%, below the Florida state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Miami-Dade County was carried by the Republican candidate with 55.4% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 53.4% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 63.7% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 75.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
75.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 2.0% of the adult civilian population (44,155 individuals).