Jury Pool Profile

Suwannee County, Florida

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 44,484
Median household income: $55,479
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,244 77.0%
Black or African American alone 4,431 10.0%
Asian alone 317 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 108 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,762 4.0%
Two or more races 3,622 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,040 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 9,393 21.1%
18–24 3,672 8.3%
25–44 10,544 23.7%
45–64 11,507 25.9%
65 and over 9,368 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,639
Establishments: 934

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,639 21.9%
Education & health services 2,175 18.1%
Manufacturing 1,852 15.4%
Public administration 1,552 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,175 9.8%
Construction 795 6.6%
Professional & business services 700 5.8%
Natural resources & mining 601 5.0%
Other services 235 2.0%
Financial activities 229 1.9%
Information 72 0.6%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $849
Owner-occupied: 11,600
Renter-occupied: 3,967

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,891 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,312 7.8%
Other Indo-European 180 0.4%
Chinese 74 0.2%
Slavic languages 54 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 37 0.1%
German 22 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.0%
Arabic 8 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,567
Family households: 11,067; 71.1% of households
Married w/ children: 8,159
Single-mother households: 769
Veterans: 3,244; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.4% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 54.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023