Jury Pool Profile

Palm Beach County, Florida

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 1,507,453
Median household income: $81,115
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 864,974 57.4%
Black or African American alone 278,621 18.5%
Asian alone 42,754 2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,715 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 673 0.0%
Some other race alone 97,780 6.5%
Two or more races 218,936 14.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 358,640 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 284,812 18.9%
18–24 111,041 7.4%
25–44 351,626 23.3%
45–64 389,177 25.8%
65 and over 370,797 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $140.5B; 8.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,246
Establishments: 71,342

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 145,126 21.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 123,600 18.5%
Professional & business services 120,430 18.1%
Leisure & hospitality 95,068 14.3%
Financial activities 45,953 6.9%
Construction 43,462 6.5%
Public administration 27,823 4.2%
Other services 25,685 3.9%
Manufacturing 21,938 3.3%
Information 9,908 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 6,598 1.0%
Unclassified 1,298 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.9%
Median gross rent: $1,818
Owner-occupied: 417,121
Renter-occupied: 179,932

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 745,697 votes cast

Democratic 372,512 50.0%
Republican 366,836 49.2%
Other / third-party 6,349 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

66.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 280,545 19.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 96,217 6.7%
Other Indo-European 42,283 3.0%
Slavic languages 13,752 1.0%
Other 11,033 0.8%
German 7,976 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 6,750 0.5%
Arabic 6,445 0.4%
Chinese 6,095 0.4%
Vietnamese 4,778 0.3%
Tagalog 3,112 0.2%
Korean 753 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 597,053
Family households: 376,296; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 275,074
Single-mother households: 30,002
Veterans: 66,269; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 285,977 19.2%
Evangelical Protestant 160,256 10.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 77,671 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 30,855 2.1%
Black Protestant 27,683 1.9%
Orthodox 6,066 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.8%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 37 (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: West Palm Beach

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 194; 15.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 182

NHTSA FARS 2023