Suwannee County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,917 72.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,348 11.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,308 9.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 302 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,187 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 100 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 180 0.4%

• Under 18 9,471 20.9%
• 18–24 3,783 8.3%
• 25–44 10,878 24.0%
• 45–64 11,583 25.5%
• 65 and over 9,627 21.2%

Median household income

$59,072

90% interval $53,552–$64,592

−$18,615 vs FL · 47th of 67

Below poverty line

18.8%

90% interval 15.2%–22.4%

+6.7 pp vs FL · 15th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.6%

+1.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,685

Establishments

920

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,597 22.0%
• Education & health services 2,117 17.9%
• Manufacturing 1,831 15.5%
• Public administration 1,582 13.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,237 10.5%
• Construction 702 5.9%
• Natural resources & mining 633 5.4%
• Professional & business services 579 4.9%
• Other services 241 2.0%
• Financial activities 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.9%

+7.3 pp vs FL · 39th of 67

Median gross rent

$884

−$785 vs FL · 58th of 67

Owner-occupied

12,072

Renter-occupied

4,040

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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 (Construction, $66,090/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,963/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 17,561 80.2%
• Democratic 4,217 19.3%
• Other / third-party 113 0.5%

• Spanish 3,375 7.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 142 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 96 0.2%
• Chinese 55 0.1%
• Tagalog 29 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.1%
• Vietnamese 11 0.0%
• Arabic 6 0.0%

Households

16,112

Family households

11,361

70.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,037

17.9% of families

Single-mother families

792

7.0% of families

Veterans

3,559

9.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,905 36.6%
• Catholic 1,812 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,556 3.6%
• Black Protestant 1,438 3.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,217 2.8%

Health insured

88.9%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±1.8 pp

39th of 67

With a disability

20.9%

±2.4 pp

13th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

16.6%

±2 pp

−17.5 pp vs FL · 47th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.4%

90% interval 13.9%–16.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

7 (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

Cross City, Jasper, Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Mayo, Perry

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

15

41.82 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13