Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Florida

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 15,551
Median household income: $64,922
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,388 73.2%
Black or African American alone 2,518 16.2%
Asian alone 31 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.1%
Some other race alone 134 0.9%
Two or more races 1,459 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 799 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 3,299 21.2%
18–24 1,063 6.8%
25–44 4,373 28.1%
45–64 4,142 26.6%
65 and over 2,674 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $532.7M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,907
Establishments: 225

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 1,603 45.2%
Education & health services 711 20.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 583 16.5%
Construction 206 5.8%
Leisure & hospitality 182 5.1%
Professional & business services 80 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 65 1.8%
Manufacturing 42 1.2%
Financial activities 40 1.1%
Other services 23 0.6%
Information 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $846
Owner-occupied: 3,085
Renter-occupied: 1,107

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,231 votes cast

Republican 5,224 83.8%
Democratic 971 15.6%
Other / third-party 36 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 597 4.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.4%
Other Indo-European 38 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.2%
German 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,192
Family households: 2,932; 69.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,102
Single-mother households: 345
Veterans: 1,294; 10.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,314 20.5%
Black Protestant 376 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 250 1.5%
Mainline Protestant 14 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 17 (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: Bronson, Gainesville, Lake Butler, Macclenny, Starke, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 24.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023