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Jury Pool Profile

Volusia County, Florida

Republican +22 (2024)
Population
568,229
Median household income
$66,581
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 412,706 72.6%
  • Black or African American alone 60,661 10.7%
  • Asian alone 10,593 1.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,252 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 187 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 43,189 7.6%
  • Two or more races 39,641 7.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89,077 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.6

  • Under 18 99,460 17.5%
  • 18–24 45,226 8.0%
  • 25–44 128,062 22.5%
  • 45–64 152,897 26.9%
  • 65 and over 142,584 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP
$29.5B
1.71% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,114
Establishments
16,756

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 50,109 26.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 38,828 20.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 29,494 15.6%
  • Professional & business services 19,602 10.4%
  • Construction 12,966 6.9%
  • Manufacturing 11,730 6.2%
  • Public administration 9,638 5.1%
  • Financial activities 8,428 4.5%
  • Other services 5,516 2.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,348 0.7%
  • Information 1,332 0.7%
  • Unclassified 272 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.8%
Median gross rent
$1,368
Owner-occupied
172,829
Renter-occupied
64,567

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 310,495 votes cast

  • Republican 187,691 60.4%
  • Democratic 120,132 38.7%
  • Other / third-party 2,672 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 58,751 10.8%
  • Other Indo-European 4,608 0.8%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 3,162 0.6%
  • German 3,074 0.6%
  • Slavic languages 2,193 0.4%
  • Other 2,159 0.4%
  • Arabic 1,879 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 1,778 0.3%
  • Tagalog 1,623 0.3%
  • Chinese 1,243 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 988 0.2%
  • Korean 599 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
237,396
Family households
148,881
62.7% of households
Married w/ children
108,441
Single-mother households
12,723
Veterans
47,376
10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 99,899 18.0%
  • Catholic 71,849 13.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 20,320 3.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14,605 2.6%
  • Black Protestant 11,443 2.1%
  • Orthodox 1,311 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.0%
With a disability
17.3%
Bachelor's or higher
27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
26 (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
Bunnell, DeLand, Palatka, St. Augustine

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
110
23.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
104

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Volusia County, Florida to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.