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Jury Pool Profile

Osceola County, Florida

Republican +2 (2024)
Population
406,943
Median household income
$68,711
Unemployment
4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 176,679 43.4%
  • Black or African American alone 44,788 11.0%
  • Asian alone 11,809 2.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,393 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 253 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 92,685 22.8%
  • Two or more races 79,336 19.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 223,890 55.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

  • Under 18 97,784 24.0%
  • 18–24 36,284 8.9%
  • 25–44 118,312 29.1%
  • 45–64 100,071 24.6%
  • 65 and over 54,492 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.2%
+0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP
$20.4B
1.18% of state
Avg. annual pay
$52,525
Establishments
10,530

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 28,005 24.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 25,055 21.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 23,362 20.2%
  • Professional & business services 15,148 13.1%
  • Construction 7,092 6.1%
  • Financial activities 5,508 4.8%
  • Public administration 4,941 4.3%
  • Other services 3,049 2.6%
  • Manufacturing 2,300 2.0%
  • Information 775 0.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 357 0.3%
  • Unclassified 245 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
66.2%
Median gross rent
$1,651
Owner-occupied
87,004
Renter-occupied
44,361

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 172,776 votes cast

  • Republican 86,713 50.2%
  • Democratic 84,205 48.7%
  • Other / third-party 1,858 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

46.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 176,630 46.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 8,559 2.2%
  • Other Indo-European 7,295 1.9%
  • Arabic 3,347 0.9%
  • Tagalog 2,894 0.8%
  • Slavic languages 1,897 0.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,573 0.4%
  • German 1,036 0.3%
  • Chinese 781 0.2%
  • Other 605 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 397 0.1%
  • Korean 142 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
131,365
Family households
95,854
73.0% of households
Married w/ children
67,096
Single-mother households
10,196
Veterans
18,678
6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 90,477 23.3%
  • Evangelical Protestant 64,141 16.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 24,076 6.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 4,385 1.1%
  • Black Protestant 1,264 0.3%
  • Orthodox 65 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.1%
With a disability
13.2%
Bachelor's or higher
28.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
81
26.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
72

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Osceola 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.