Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, Florida

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 74,235
Median household income: $47,256
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 54,226 73.0%
Black or African American alone 11,347 15.3%
Asian alone 448 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 207 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 797 1.1%
Two or more races 7,210 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,092 10.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 15,870 21.4%
18–24 5,274 7.1%
25–44 15,956 21.5%
45–64 19,663 26.5%
65 and over 17,472 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,592
Establishments: 1,593

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,461 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,509 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,860 10.7%
Manufacturing 1,780 10.3%
Construction 1,471 8.5%
Public administration 1,358 7.8%
Professional & business services 1,166 6.7%
Natural resources & mining 695 4.0%
Other services 457 2.6%
Financial activities 446 2.6%
Information 91 0.5%
Unclassified 26 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.6%
Median gross rent: $902
Owner-occupied: 22,256
Renter-occupied: 8,394

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,272 votes cast

Republican 26,700 73.6%
Democratic 9,354 25.8%
Other / third-party 218 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,592 8.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 292 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 190 0.3%
Other Indo-European 138 0.2%
German 73 0.1%
Tagalog 63 0.1%
Chinese 34 0.0%
Vietnamese 33 0.0%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%
Other 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,650
Family households: 18,757; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 12,136
Single-mother households: 2,342
Veterans: 6,008; 10.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,253 24.9%
Catholic 5,845 8.0%
Black Protestant 3,278 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,812 3.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,145 2.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.9%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 26 (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: Bunnell, DeLand, Palatka, St. Augustine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 35.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023