Jury Pool Profile

Wakulla County, Florida

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 34,608
Median household income: $74,183
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,006 78.0%
Black or African American alone 4,799 13.9%
Asian alone 234 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 124 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 604 1.7%
Two or more races 1,841 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,625 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 7,060 20.4%
18–24 2,426 7.0%
25–44 9,276 26.8%
45–64 10,096 29.2%
65 and over 5,750 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,580
Establishments: 634

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,216 18.4%
Education & health services 1,175 17.7%
Public administration 1,116 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 929 14.0%
Construction 591 8.9%
Manufacturing 541 8.2%
Professional & business services 495 7.5%
Financial activities 214 3.2%
Other services 207 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 89 1.3%
Information 35 0.5%
Unclassified 11 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.8%
Median gross rent: $1,155
Owner-occupied: 10,217
Renter-occupied: 1,970

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,856 votes cast

Republican 14,246 71.7%
Democratic 5,441 27.4%
Other / third-party 169 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 958 2.9%
Other Indo-European 376 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 249 0.8%
German 83 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 69 0.2%
Tagalog 64 0.2%
Other 60 0.2%
Slavic languages 18 0.1%
Chinese 13 0.0%
Arabic 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,187
Family households: 8,436; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,600
Single-mother households: 573
Veterans: 2,688; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

20.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,434 13.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 896 2.7%
Mainline Protestant 786 2.3%
Black Protestant 378 1.1%
Catholic 331 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 15 (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: Apalachicola, Bristol, Crawfordville, Monticello, Quincy, Tallahassee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 18.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023