Jury Pool Profile

Sumter County, Florida

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 137,536
Median household income: $73,297
Unemployment: 7.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 118,694 86.3%
Black or African American alone 9,405 6.8%
Asian alone 1,396 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 342 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,276 2.4%
Two or more races 4,398 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,369 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 68.4

Under 18 9,769 7.1%
18–24 3,953 2.9%
25–44 16,085 11.7%
45–64 28,266 20.6%
65 and over 79,463 57.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.4%; +3.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.6B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,856
Establishments: 2,697

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,402 23.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,297 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 6,451 16.0%
Construction 4,188 10.4%
Public administration 4,176 10.3%
Professional & business services 3,387 8.4%
Financial activities 2,447 6.1%
Manufacturing 1,374 3.4%
Other services 784 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 584 1.4%
Information 309 0.8%
Unclassified 38 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 88.1%
Median gross rent: $1,225
Owner-occupied: 58,978
Renter-occupied: 7,963

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 105,217 votes cast

Republican 72,134 68.6%
Democratic 32,551 30.9%
Other / third-party 532 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,891 4.4%
Other Indo-European 739 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 543 0.4%
Tagalog 488 0.4%
German 429 0.3%
Vietnamese 243 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 180 0.1%
Chinese 114 0.1%
Slavic languages 105 0.1%
Korean 94 0.1%
Other 51 0.0%
Arabic 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 66,941
Family households: 43,817; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 38,892
Single-mother households: 1,449
Veterans: 18,136; 14.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 16,003 12.3%
Evangelical Protestant 11,621 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 8,523 6.6%
Black Protestant 2,198 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 906 0.7%
Orthodox 50 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 33 (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: Brooksville, Bushnell, Inverness, Ocala, Tavares

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 17.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023