Jury Pool Profile

Orange County, Florida

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 1,440,471
Median household income: $77,011
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 671,615 46.6%
Black or African American alone 292,616 20.3%
Asian alone 76,973 5.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,785 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,395 0.1%
Some other race alone 123,843 8.6%
Two or more races 270,244 18.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 478,735 33.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.4

Under 18 310,666 21.6%
18–24 148,450 10.3%
25–44 444,430 30.9%
45–64 353,244 24.5%
65 and over 183,681 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $160.4B; 9.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,805
Establishments: 56,038

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 225,307 23.7%
Professional & business services 178,384 18.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 176,524 18.6%
Education & health services 158,491 16.7%
Financial activities 52,697 5.5%
Construction 47,203 5.0%
Manufacturing 36,736 3.9%
Public administration 31,176 3.3%
Other services 23,750 2.5%
Information 16,340 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 2,401 0.3%
Unclassified 907 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.4%
Median gross rent: $1,675
Owner-occupied: 291,933
Renter-occupied: 216,974

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 607,191 votes cast

Democratic 340,807 56.1%
Republican 258,279 42.5%
Other / third-party 8,105 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

62.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 352,936 26.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 50,376 3.7%
Other Indo-European 48,670 3.6%
Vietnamese 11,682 0.9%
Chinese 9,719 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,425 0.7%
Arabic 9,210 0.7%
Slavic languages 5,942 0.4%
Tagalog 5,590 0.4%
Other 5,294 0.4%
German 3,957 0.3%
Korean 1,542 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 508,907
Family households: 336,738; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 234,178
Single-mother households: 35,745
Veterans: 60,385; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 323,073 22.6%
Catholic 224,505 15.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 69,323 4.8%
Black Protestant 47,239 3.3%
Mainline Protestant 33,427 2.3%
Orthodox 5,029 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.7%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 46 (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: Kissimmee, Orlando

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 172; 15.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 169

NHTSA FARS 2023