Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Florida

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 81,840
Median household income: $82,430
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,390 72.6%
Black or African American alone 6,070 7.4%
Asian alone 959 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 69 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,215 3.9%
Two or more races 12,103 14.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,611 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.9

Under 18 12,769 15.6%
18–24 4,572 5.6%
25–44 19,415 23.7%
45–64 25,196 30.8%
65 and over 19,888 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -1.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.3B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,702
Establishments: 5,008

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 18,831 40.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,586 18.2%
Education & health services 4,475 9.5%
Professional & business services 3,623 7.7%
Construction 3,328 7.1%
Public administration 3,185 6.8%
Financial activities 2,265 4.8%
Other services 1,516 3.2%
Manufacturing 637 1.4%
Information 419 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 131 0.3%
Unclassified 62 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.4%
Median gross rent: $1,959
Owner-occupied: 21,952
Renter-occupied: 12,678

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 44,327 votes cast

Republican 26,064 58.8%
Democratic 17,933 40.5%
Other / third-party 330 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,574 16.1%
Slavic languages 1,285 1.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,023 1.3%
Other Indo-European 692 0.9%
German 464 0.6%
Other 157 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 153 0.2%
Tagalog 91 0.1%
Chinese 73 0.1%
Vietnamese 62 0.1%
Korean 35 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,630
Family households: 20,617; 59.5% of households
Married w/ children: 16,737
Single-mother households: 1,316
Veterans: 5,888; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 27,966 33.7%
Evangelical Protestant 7,934 9.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,064 3.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,666 3.2%
Black Protestant 1,602 1.9%
Orthodox 11 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.1%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Key West

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 26.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023