Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Florida

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 25,259
Median household income: $52,723
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,709 78.0%
Black or African American alone 3,428 13.6%
Asian alone 226 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 240 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 409 1.6%
Two or more races 1,247 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 973 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

Under 18 5,080 20.1%
18–24 1,622 6.4%
25–44 6,750 26.7%
45–64 7,174 28.4%
65 and over 4,633 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $943.5M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,572
Establishments: 552

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,555 25.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,139 18.3%
Public administration 893 14.3%
Construction 850 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 663 10.6%
Professional & business services 558 9.0%
Financial activities 168 2.7%
Manufacturing 163 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 146 2.3%
Other services 82 1.3%
Information 8 0.1%
Unclassified 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $884
Owner-occupied: 7,407
Renter-occupied: 1,875

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,584 votes cast

Republican 10,370 82.4%
Democratic 2,140 17.0%
Other / third-party 74 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 772 3.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 113 0.5%
German 60 0.3%
Korean 52 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 48 0.2%
Vietnamese 44 0.2%
Slavic languages 43 0.2%
Other 43 0.2%
Tagalog 35 0.1%
Chinese 33 0.1%
Other Indo-European 20 0.1%
Arabic 19 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,282
Family households: 6,293; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,542
Single-mother households: 797
Veterans: 1,779; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,619 26.1%
Black Protestant 1,450 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 438 1.7%
Catholic 282 1.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 202 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.6%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 13 (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: Blountstown, Bonifay, Chipley, Marianna, Panama City, Port St. Joe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Florida statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 19.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023