Jury Pool Profile

Santa Rosa County, Florida

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 193,719
Median household income: $88,968
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 157,431 81.3%
Black or African American alone 10,729 5.5%
Asian alone 4,165 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 449 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 366 0.2%
Some other race alone 3,879 2.0%
Two or more races 16,700 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,751 6.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 42,551 22.0%
18–24 14,518 7.5%
25–44 52,733 27.2%
45–64 52,027 26.9%
65 and over 31,890 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.9B; 0.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,217
Establishments: 4,629

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 9,664 22.2%
Education & health services 9,047 20.8%
Leisure & hospitality 7,153 16.4%
Professional & business services 4,922 11.3%
Construction 3,942 9.1%
Public administration 3,138 7.2%
Financial activities 2,057 4.7%
Other services 1,409 3.2%
Manufacturing 1,165 2.7%
Information 651 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 333 0.8%
Unclassified 67 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $1,445
Owner-occupied: 56,986
Renter-occupied: 14,264

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 112,424 votes cast

Republican 84,314 75.0%
Democratic 27,035 24.0%
Other / third-party 1,075 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,984 3.3%
German 1,015 0.6%
Other Indo-European 843 0.5%
Tagalog 841 0.5%
Other 800 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 688 0.4%
Chinese 521 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 513 0.3%
Slavic languages 417 0.2%
Korean 212 0.1%
Vietnamese 195 0.1%
Arabic 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 71,250
Family households: 50,727; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 41,000
Single-mother households: 2,900
Veterans: 23,939; 16.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 55,034 29.3%
Catholic 15,635 8.3%
Mainline Protestant 10,611 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,943 2.1%
Black Protestant 1,252 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 21 (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: Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Milton, Pensacola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 15.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023