Jury Pool Profile

Sarasota County, Florida

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 449,011
Median household income: $80,633
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 377,207 84.0%
Black or African American alone 18,450 4.1%
Asian alone 8,399 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 988 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 187 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,275 2.3%
Two or more races 33,505 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45,922 10.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 57.3

Under 18 63,064 14.0%
18–24 25,215 5.6%
25–44 75,953 16.9%
45–64 117,248 26.1%
65 and over 167,531 37.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $35.9B; 2.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,133
Establishments: 21,213

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 46,873 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 34,048 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 27,636 14.5%
Professional & business services 26,162 13.8%
Construction 18,485 9.7%
Financial activities 10,522 5.5%
Manufacturing 8,855 4.7%
Public administration 7,591 4.0%
Other services 7,141 3.8%
Information 2,285 1.2%
Unclassified 256 0.1%
Natural resources & mining 222 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $1,715
Owner-occupied: 156,876
Renter-occupied: 48,627

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 277,857 votes cast

Republican 163,219 58.7%
Democratic 112,668 40.5%
Other / third-party 1,970 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 31,301 7.2%
Slavic languages 8,147 1.9%
Other Indo-European 5,659 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,749 1.1%
German 4,628 1.1%
Chinese 1,472 0.3%
Other 1,331 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,314 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,211 0.3%
Tagalog 1,018 0.2%
Arabic 702 0.2%
Korean 148 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 205,503
Family households: 129,606; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 106,017
Single-mother households: 7,388
Veterans: 36,555; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 117,487 27.1%
Evangelical Protestant 77,915 18.0%
Mainline Protestant 23,015 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,836 3.2%
Black Protestant 3,194 0.7%
Orthodox 965 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Arcadia, Bradenton, Sarasota

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 58; 15.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 57

NHTSA FARS 2023