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Jury Pool Profile

Pinellas County, Florida

Republican +5 (2024)
Population
960,565
Median household income
$70,293
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 721,059 75.1%
  • Black or African American alone 93,311 9.7%
  • Asian alone 34,744 3.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,505 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 704 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 25,342 2.6%
  • Two or more races 82,900 8.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 104,765 10.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.9

  • Under 18 150,459 15.7%
  • 18–24 61,275 6.4%
  • 25–44 225,973 23.5%
  • 45–64 274,398 28.6%
  • 65 and over 248,460 25.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
-0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP
$78.1B
4.52% of state
Avg. annual pay
$67,519
Establishments
41,518

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 96,959 21.7%
  • Professional & business services 77,907 17.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 76,818 17.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 59,872 13.4%
  • Manufacturing 35,156 7.9%
  • Financial activities 32,420 7.2%
  • Construction 24,726 5.5%
  • Public administration 21,212 4.7%
  • Other services 13,945 3.1%
  • Information 7,860 1.8%
  • Unclassified 557 0.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 248 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
69.4%
Median gross rent
$1,525
Owner-occupied
293,896
Renter-occupied
129,346

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 517,058 votes cast

  • Republican 269,472 52.1%
  • Democratic 242,452 46.9%
  • Other / third-party 5,134 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 66,847 7.2%
  • Other Indo-European 19,505 2.1%
  • Slavic languages 15,221 1.7%
  • Vietnamese 8,985 1.0%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 7,273 0.8%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 6,039 0.7%
  • German 4,922 0.5%
  • Arabic 4,766 0.5%
  • Tagalog 3,356 0.4%
  • Chinese 2,262 0.2%
  • Other 2,203 0.2%
  • Korean 1,074 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
423,242
Family households
234,152
55.3% of households
Married w/ children
175,517
Single-mother households
18,129
Veterans
69,924
8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 232,181 24.2%
  • Evangelical Protestant 122,501 12.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 45,238 4.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 36,126 3.8%
  • Black Protestant 19,847 2.1%
  • Orthodox 17,510 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.3%
With a disability
15.4%
Bachelor's or higher
35.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th 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
Clearwater, Dade City

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
112
13.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
105

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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