Jury Pool Profile

St. Lucie County, Florida

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 346,237
Median household income: $69,027
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 206,941 59.8%
Black or African American alone 72,630 21.0%
Asian alone 6,788 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,185 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 137 0.0%
Some other race alone 15,781 4.6%
Two or more races 42,775 12.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72,914 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 68,335 19.7%
18–24 24,186 7.0%
25–44 79,304 22.9%
45–64 89,679 25.9%
65 and over 84,733 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.7B; 0.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,238
Establishments: 8,744

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 22,913 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 22,172 24.5%
Leisure & hospitality 10,869 12.0%
Professional & business services 9,193 10.2%
Construction 7,213 8.0%
Public administration 5,825 6.4%
Manufacturing 4,674 5.2%
Other services 3,379 3.7%
Financial activities 2,893 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 623 0.7%
Information 453 0.5%
Unclassified 128 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $1,489
Owner-occupied: 102,225
Renter-occupied: 29,415

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 185,131 votes cast

Republican 100,293 54.2%
Democratic 83,517 45.1%
Other / third-party 1,321 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 50,938 15.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 13,439 4.1%
Other Indo-European 5,945 1.8%
Tagalog 1,570 0.5%
Arabic 1,471 0.4%
Other 1,055 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,006 0.3%
German 956 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 718 0.2%
Chinese 637 0.2%
Vietnamese 556 0.2%
Korean 164 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 131,640
Family households: 89,699; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 65,155
Single-mother households: 8,729
Veterans: 25,884; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 66,254 20.1%
Evangelical Protestant 34,673 10.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,263 2.8%
Black Protestant 4,022 1.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,871 1.2%
Orthodox 725 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th 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: Fort Pierce, Okeechobee, Stuart, Vero Beach

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 49; 17.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 47

NHTSA FARS 2023