Jury Pool Profile

Okeechobee County, Florida

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 40,249
Median household income: $52,288
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,240 72.6%
Black or African American alone 3,262 8.1%
Asian alone 379 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,775 6.9%
Two or more races 4,523 11.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,281 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 8,614 21.4%
18–24 2,974 7.4%
25–44 10,401 25.8%
45–64 10,188 25.3%
65 and over 8,072 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,406
Establishments: 1,089

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,656 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,600 21.1%
Professional & business services 1,836 14.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,211 9.8%
Public administration 1,056 8.6%
Construction 906 7.3%
Natural resources & mining 876 7.1%
Other services 396 3.2%
Manufacturing 386 3.1%
Financial activities 385 3.1%
Information 29 0.2%
Unclassified 13 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $974
Owner-occupied: 11,323
Renter-occupied: 3,864

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,058 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,381 19.5%
Other Indo-European 235 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 178 0.5%
German 160 0.4%
Tagalog 110 0.3%
Other 108 0.3%
Vietnamese 25 0.1%
Slavic languages 18 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.0%
Chinese 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,187
Family households: 9,911; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,133
Single-mother households: 819
Veterans: 2,842; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.7%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 31.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023