Jury Pool Profile

Walton County, Florida

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 79,846
Median household income: $79,281
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 67,211 84.2%
Black or African American alone 3,070 3.8%
Asian alone 895 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,166 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,501 3.1%
Two or more races 4,983 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,563 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 16,571 20.8%
18–24 4,791 6.0%
25–44 19,658 24.6%
45–64 23,025 28.8%
65 and over 15,801 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.4B; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,144
Establishments: 4,125

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 8,636 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,054 20.3%
Education & health services 4,461 12.8%
Professional & business services 4,290 12.3%
Construction 3,702 10.6%
Financial activities 2,456 7.1%
Public administration 2,265 6.5%
Other services 1,127 3.2%
Manufacturing 417 1.2%
Information 237 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 80 0.2%
Unclassified 60 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $1,674
Owner-occupied: 25,198
Renter-occupied: 7,461

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 49,601 votes cast

Republican 38,970 78.6%
Democratic 10,287 20.7%
Other / third-party 344 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,107 5.5%
Slavic languages 763 1.0%
Other Indo-European 583 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 295 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 176 0.2%
Other 147 0.2%
Chinese 141 0.2%
German 131 0.2%
Tagalog 110 0.1%
Vietnamese 50 0.1%
Korean 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,659
Family households: 22,536; 69.0% of households
Married w/ children: 17,802
Single-mother households: 1,884
Veterans: 6,626; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,128 17.4%
Catholic 7,404 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,721 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,740 2.3%
Black Protestant 1,424 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 21 (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: Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Milton, Pensacola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 33.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023