Wakulla County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,147 76.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,737 4.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,840 13.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 131 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,242 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 113 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 177 0.5%

• Under 18 7,314 20.7%
• 18–24 2,489 7.0%
• 25–44 9,687 27.4%
• 45–64 10,056 28.4%
• 65 and over 5,841 16.5%

Median household income

$77,770

90% interval $69,830–$85,710

+$83 vs FL · 23rd of 67

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 9.5%–14.1%

−0.3 pp vs FL · 39th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,445

Establishments

638

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,285 19.1%
• Education & health services 1,196 17.8%
• Public administration 1,166 17.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 915 13.6%
• Professional & business services 476 7.1%
• Other services 180 2.7%
• Financial activities 154 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 6 0.1%
• Information 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 80.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.9%

+14.3 pp vs FL · 12th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,108

−$561 vs FL · 40th of 67

Owner-occupied

10,436

Renter-occupied

2,309

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $84,606/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,407/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

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

• Spanish 1,041 3.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 179 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 82 0.2%
• Tagalog 44 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 13 0.0%
• Arabic 9 0.0%
• Chinese 7 0.0%

Households

12,745

Family households

9,075

71.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,580

28.4% of families

Single-mother families

650

7.2% of families

Veterans

2,752

9.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.2%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±1.4 pp

65th of 67

With a disability

12.7%

±1.5 pp

56th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

23.3%

±3 pp

−10.8 pp vs FL · 39th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.4%–13.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

14.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4