Jury Pool Profile
Union County, Florida
- County seat
- Lake Butler
- Judicial district
- 8th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 16,250
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 15,701.
At a glance
Union County is a 16,250-person venue. The county population is 71% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,669, $14,018 below the FL state median of $77,687; 11.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 47.6% of covered employment, average pay $58,621/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.26%, above the 4.5% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 80% to 84% of the vote across the three. 30% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 4,471 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 15,701
- Median household income
- $64,146
- Unemployment
- 6.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 71% / 15%.
Union County has a population of 15,701, with a median age of 39.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.4%; Black residents 14.9%. Independently, 5.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,669; 11.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 48% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 47.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.26%, above the Florida state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Union County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.8% in 2024, 82.2% in 2020, 80.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (1,111 individuals).