Monroe County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 52,162 63.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,132 24.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,531 6.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 858 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,373 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 753 0.9%

• Under 18 12,831 15.7%
• 18–24 4,411 5.4%
• 25–44 19,532 23.9%
• 45–64 24,839 30.3%
• 65 and over 20,247 24.7%

Median household income

$94,752

90% interval $88,649–$100,855

+$17,065 vs FL · 3rd of 67

Below poverty line

10.9%

90% interval 8.6%–13.2%

−1.2 pp vs FL · 46th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−1.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.3B

0.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,166

Establishments

4,945

• Leisure & hospitality 18,919 40.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,583 18.1%
• Education & health services 4,464 9.4%
• Professional & business services 3,704 7.8%
• Construction 3,355 7.1%
• Public administration 3,134 6.6%
• Financial activities 2,385 5.0%
• Other services 1,542 3.3%
• Manufacturing 675 1.4%
• Information 362 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 142 0.3%
• Unclassified 33 0.1%

Home ownership

65.8%

−1.8 pp vs FL · 58th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,999

+$330 vs FL · 1st of 67

Owner-occupied

22,636

Renter-occupied

11,769

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $118,625/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $47,097/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 13,256 16.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,421 1.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 990 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 323 0.4%
• Tagalog 95 0.1%
• Chinese 79 0.1%
• Vietnamese 65 0.1%
• Korean 40 0.1%

Households

34,405

Family households

21,175

61.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,955

23.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,446

6.8% of families

Veterans

5,674

8.4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

87.2%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

12.8%

±1.1 pp

22nd of 67

With a disability

11.5%

±1.1 pp

62nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

38.6%

±1.7 pp

+4.5 pp vs FL · 9th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.4%

90% interval 12.2%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

6

8.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6