Putnam County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 52,090 69.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,421 11.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 11,066 14.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 396 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,721 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 152 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 318 0.4%

• Under 18 15,954 21.2%
• 18–24 5,334 7.1%
• 25–44 16,325 21.7%
• 45–64 19,664 26.2%
• 65 and over 17,887 23.8%

Median household income

$52,250

90% interval $46,816–$57,684

−$25,437 vs FL · 64th of 67

Below poverty line

20.7%

90% interval 17.2%–24.2%

+8.6 pp vs FL · 7th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.5B

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,849

Establishments

1,578

• Education & health services 4,470 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,484 19.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,918 10.9%
• Manufacturing 1,913 10.9%
• Public administration 1,383 7.9%
• Professional & business services 1,147 6.5%
• Financial activities 507 2.9%
• Other services 490 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 25 0.1%
• Construction 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 87.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.4%

+7.8 pp vs FL · 38th of 67

Median gross rent

$906

−$763 vs FL · 52nd of 67

Owner-occupied

23,630

Renter-occupied

7,730

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $81,724/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,156/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 5,699 8.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 191 0.3%
• Tagalog 67 0.1%
• Chinese 39 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 36 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 28 0.0%

Households

31,360

Family households

19,383

61.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,469

17.9% of families

Single-mother families

2,118

10.9% of families

Veterans

6,356

10.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

85.9%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

14.1%

±1.3 pp

13th of 67

With a disability

19.8%

±1.3 pp

21st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

14.5%

±1.5 pp

−19.6 pp vs FL · 55th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.3%

90% interval 15.6%–19.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

28.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16