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Jury Pool Profile

Okaloosa County, Florida

Republican +42 (2024)
Population
214,281
Median household income
$79,097
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 156,300 72.9%
  • Black or African American alone 20,037 9.4%
  • Asian alone 7,140 3.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 747 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 561 0.3%
  • Some other race alone 8,326 3.9%
  • Two or more races 21,170 9.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,230 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

  • Under 18 48,437 22.6%
  • 18–24 18,170 8.5%
  • 25–44 61,390 28.6%
  • 45–64 51,178 23.9%
  • 65 and over 35,106 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
-0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP
$19.0B
1.1% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,616
Establishments
7,597

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Professional & business services 16,178 18.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 16,135 18.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 15,484 17.3%
  • Education & health services 15,460 17.2%
  • Public administration 11,167 12.4%
  • Financial activities 4,417 4.9%
  • Construction 4,314 4.8%
  • Other services 2,881 3.2%
  • Manufacturing 2,802 3.1%
  • Information 671 0.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 130 0.1%
  • Unclassified 69 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
67.8%
Median gross rent
$1,475
Owner-occupied
56,997
Renter-occupied
27,126

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 113,634 votes cast

  • Republican 80,309 70.7%
  • Democratic 32,074 28.2%
  • Other / third-party 1,251 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 13,720 6.8%
  • Other Indo-European 2,899 1.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,946 1.0%
  • Tagalog 1,288 0.6%
  • Slavic languages 1,082 0.5%
  • German 998 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 702 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 467 0.2%
  • Korean 379 0.2%
  • Chinese 267 0.1%
  • Other 221 0.1%
  • Arabic 94 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
84,123
Family households
55,904
66.5% of households
Married w/ children
43,605
Single-mother households
4,590
Veterans
31,518
20.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 60,728 28.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 22,941 10.8%
  • Catholic 17,924 8.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,154 3.9%
  • Black Protestant 1,590 0.8%
  • Orthodox 266 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.6%
With a disability
15.5%
Bachelor's or higher
34.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
21 (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
Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Milton, Pensacola

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
28
16.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
26

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Okaloosa County, Florida to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.