St. Johns County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 237,648 77.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,846 9.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14,918 4.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11,455 3.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 13,008 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 152 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 103 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,804 0.6%

• Under 18 66,193 21.6%
• 18–24 20,588 6.7%
• 25–44 70,196 22.9%
• 45–64 85,340 27.8%
• 65 and over 64,617 21.1%

Median household income

$117,178

90% interval $109,974–$124,382

+$39,491 vs FL · 1st of 67

Below poverty line

5.8%

90% interval 4.8%–6.8%

−6.3 pp vs FL · 67th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$18.6B

1.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,214

Establishments

11,183

• Education & health services 22,699 22.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 20,670 20.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 19,940 19.8%
• Professional & business services 11,238 11.1%
• Construction 5,899 5.8%
• Financial activities 5,642 5.6%
• Other services 4,931 4.9%
• Public administration 4,310 4.3%
• Natural resources & mining 11 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 94.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.2%

+14.6 pp vs FL · 11th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,922

+$253 vs FL · 2nd of 67

Owner-occupied

95,222

Renter-occupied

20,572

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Financial activities, $115,599/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,311/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 14,798 5.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,734 1.3%
• Chinese 1,314 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,269 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 1,077 0.4%
• Vietnamese 849 0.3%
• Tagalog 765 0.3%
• Arabic 563 0.2%
• Korean 418 0.1%

Households

115,794

Family households

85,309

73.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

29,113

34.1% of families

Single-mother families

4,298

5.0% of families

Veterans

23,534

9.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.7%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±0.5 pp

66th of 67

With a disability

11.1%

±0.7 pp

66th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

50.9%

±1.4 pp

+16.8 pp vs FL · 1st of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.9%–8.3% · 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

27

11.22 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

27