Jury Pool Profile

Taylor County, Florida

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 21,422
Median household income: $44,985
Unemployment: 7.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,708 73.3%
Black or African American alone 4,296 20.1%
Asian alone 59 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 114 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 83 0.4%
Some other race alone 288 1.3%
Two or more races 874 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 879 4.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 4,298 20.1%
18–24 1,473 6.9%
25–44 5,535 25.8%
45–64 5,649 26.4%
65 and over 4,467 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.6%; +3.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $840.0M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,934
Establishments: 502

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,150 20.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,049 18.4%
Manufacturing 930 16.3%
Public administration 744 13.0%
Leisure & hospitality 697 12.2%
Construction 373 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 242 4.2%
Professional & business services 186 3.3%
Financial activities 172 3.0%
Other services 136 2.4%
Information 32 0.6%
Unclassified 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.6%
Median gross rent: $878
Owner-occupied: 5,499
Renter-occupied: 2,072

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,997 votes cast

Republican 7,954 79.6%
Democratic 1,991 19.9%
Other / third-party 52 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 744 3.6%
Other 237 1.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 111 0.5%
German 103 0.5%
Other Indo-European 40 0.2%
Chinese 32 0.2%
Slavic languages 30 0.1%
Arabic 28 0.1%
Tagalog 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,571
Family households: 5,060; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,489
Single-mother households: 719
Veterans: 1,722; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,005 32.1%
Black Protestant 1,070 4.9%
Mainline Protestant 761 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 461 2.1%
Catholic 325 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.1%

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: 6; 35.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023