Volusia County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 391,808 67.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94,499 16.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 59,786 10.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11,446 2.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 18,799 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 690 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 226 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,368 0.4%

• Under 18 100,824 17.4%
• 18–24 46,157 8.0%
• 25–44 131,830 22.7%
• 45–64 153,677 26.5%
• 65 and over 147,134 25.4%

Median household income

$71,203

90% interval $68,856–$73,550

−$6,484 vs FL · 33rd of 67

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 9.3%–12.3%

−1.3 pp vs FL · 48th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.75 pp vs. state

County GDP

$29.5B

1.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,167

Establishments

16,631

• Education & health services 51,072 27.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 38,748 20.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 29,494 15.6%
• Professional & business services 19,266 10.2%
• Construction 12,716 6.7%
• Public administration 9,862 5.2%
• Financial activities 8,658 4.6%
• Other services 5,623 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 29 0.0%
• Information 7 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.7%

+6.1 pp vs FL · 44th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,467

−$202 vs FL · 28th of 67

Owner-occupied

178,279

Renter-occupied

63,602

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.5× the lowest ($76,477 vs $30,860/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 61,936 11.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,624 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 3,096 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2,283 0.4%
• Arabic 1,968 0.4%
• Chinese 1,803 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,686 0.3%
• Vietnamese 1,418 0.3%
• Korean 590 0.1%

Households

241,881

Family households

152,650

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

30,092

19.7% of families

Single-mother families

13,046

8.5% of families

Veterans

46,354

9.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.8%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

10.2%

±0.5 pp

47th of 67

With a disability

17.3%

±0.5 pp

31st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

28.4%

±0.7 pp

−5.7 pp vs FL · 30th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 12.1%–13.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

108

22.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

101