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Jury Pool Profile

St. Johns County, Florida

Republican +31 (2024)
Population
292,243
Median household income
$106,169
Unemployment
4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 237,204 81.2%
  • Black or African American alone 15,285 5.2%
  • Asian alone 9,935 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 277 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 199 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 5,166 1.8%
  • Two or more races 24,177 8.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,354 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

  • Under 18 63,345 21.7%
  • 18–24 19,725 6.7%
  • 25–44 66,533 22.8%
  • 45–64 81,683 28.0%
  • 65 and over 60,957 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.2%
+0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP
$18.6B
1.08% of state
Avg. annual pay
$60,008
Establishments
11,005

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 21,852 22.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 20,118 20.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 19,536 19.8%
  • Professional & business services 11,274 11.4%
  • Construction 6,106 6.2%
  • Financial activities 5,409 5.5%
  • Other services 4,705 4.8%
  • Public administration 4,167 4.2%
  • Manufacturing 3,940 4.0%
  • Information 986 1.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 546 0.6%
  • Unclassified 179 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
82.1%
Median gross rent
$1,775
Owner-occupied
89,302
Renter-occupied
19,525

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 197,452 votes cast

  • Republican 128,759 65.2%
  • Democratic 66,862 33.9%
  • Other / third-party 1,831 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 13,788 4.9%
  • Other Indo-European 5,715 2.1%
  • Slavic languages 2,931 1.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2,187 0.8%
  • German 1,496 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,285 0.5%
  • Chinese 1,155 0.4%
  • Tagalog 490 0.2%
  • Other 380 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 371 0.1%
  • Arabic 337 0.1%
  • Korean 290 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
108,827
Family households
80,880
74.3% of households
Married w/ children
68,657
Single-mother households
4,526
Veterans
22,703
9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 39,763 14.5%
  • Catholic 35,490 13.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 11,577 4.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,177 3.4%
  • Black Protestant 3,250 1.2%
  • Orthodox 325 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.6%
With a disability
10.8%
Bachelor's or higher
48.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
41
17.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
38

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for St. Johns 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.