Okeechobee County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,240 61.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,673 26.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,061 7.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 283 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,286 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 142 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 131 0.3%

• Under 18 8,721 21.4%
• 18–24 3,100 7.6%
• 25–44 10,524 25.8%
• 45–64 10,302 25.2%
• 65 and over 8,169 20.0%

Median household income

$63,153

90% interval $57,643–$68,663

−$14,534 vs FL · 43rd of 67

Below poverty line

17.0%

90% interval 13.3%–20.7%

+4.9 pp vs FL · 23rd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.83 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,053

Establishments

1,094

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,596 20.9%
• Education & health services 2,581 20.8%
• Professional & business services 1,801 14.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,282 10.3%
• Public administration 1,122 9.0%
• Construction 940 7.6%
• Natural resources & mining 900 7.2%
• Other services 452 3.6%
• Manufacturing 392 3.2%

The sectors listed cover 97.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.9%

+6.3 pp vs FL · 43rd of 67

Median gross rent

$1,082

−$587 vs FL · 42nd of 67

Owner-occupied

11,161

Renter-occupied

3,952

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $76,281/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,429/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,315 76.7%
• Democratic 3,671 22.9%
• Other / third-party 72 0.4%

• Spanish 7,620 19.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 376 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 58 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 50 0.1%
• Tagalog 47 0.1%
• Vietnamese 41 0.1%

Households

15,113

Family households

9,748

64.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,495

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

680

7.0% of families

Veterans

2,636

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,364 26.1%
• Catholic 2,245 5.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,288 3.2%
• Mainline Protestant 773 1.9%
• Black Protestant 332 0.8%

Health insured

82.8%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

17.2%

±2.6 pp

6th of 67

With a disability

20.3%

±2.3 pp

16th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.8%

±1.9 pp

−18.3 pp vs FL · 51st of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.0%

90% interval 16.4%–19.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

19th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

22 (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

Fort Pierce, Okeechobee, Stuart, Vero Beach

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

34.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8