A jury of six women, five of them white and the other a minority, has been chosen to decide the trial of George Zimmerman, who says he shot an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in self-defense in 2012.

Five of the six women are white, and one is black/Hispanic. Five of the jurors are married with children. Two recently moved to Florida less than a year ago -- one from Chicago and one from Iowa -- and two are involved with rescuing animals as their hobbies.

Lawyers also selected four alternate jurors to hear the case. One was dismissed for during the first week of testimony for unspecified reasons not related to the trial, itself, and the other three were discharged as the panel of six women began deliberating Friday, July 12, 2013.

In Florida, only trials that include capital charges, such as first-degree murder, require a jury of 12.

NOTE: Listed races are not official, and based on what reporters in the courtroom have perceived.

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The six jurors:

  • B-29 — A black/Hispanic woman, as described by prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda. She moved to Florida from Chicago four months before the trial began. She has been married for 10 years, and has eight children. Her oldest son is 20.
     
  • B-76 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County since 1995. She previously owned a construction company with her husband. She has two children; her older son, 28, is a foreclosure/divorce lawyer.
     
  • B-37 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County for 18 years. She is an animal rescue volunteer who owns multiple pets, including three dogs, four cats, a ferret, a couple lizards, a parrot and a crow with a broken wing. She is married to an attorney in the space industry, with two daughters.
     
  • B-51 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County for the last nine years, and a Central Forida resident since 1987. She is retired, and previously worked in real estate. She is not married and has no children. She has previously served as a juror twice, once three years ago, and once in 1991 in Orange County.
     
  • E-6 — A white woman who has moved to Seminole County two years ago from Orange County, where she had lived since 2004. She is unemployed, and volunteers at a school where her children, ages 11 and 13, attend. Her husband is an engineer.
     
  • E-40 — A white woman who moved to Florida from Iowa in November 2012. She works as safety officer, and is married to a chemical engineer, with a 28-year-old son. She previously served as a juror 20 years ago in a drug-dealing case in Pennsylvania.

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The alternate jurors:

  • E-54 — A white man who grew up in Central Florida, and has lived in Seminole County for 14 years. He is married with two stepchildren; one is 16, and the other is in his late 20s. He mentioned during initial questioning that one of his stepson wears hoodies, and had talked to him after the shooting about being "careful" and "cautious" of his actions.
     
  • B-72 (DISMISSED*) — A mixed-race man in his 20s. He is a competitive arm wrestler who bragged about doing a one-armed pull-up the day he first heard about the shooting. He is single with no children, and works as a maintenance technician at a school. He has lived in Seminole County for nine years, and is previously from Chicago.
     * Judge Debra Nelson dismissed this juror after just two days of testimony over unspecified reasons she said were not related to the trial.
     
  • E-13 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County for 17 years. He is a surgical assistant who owns and rides horses. She lives with her parents, and her brother is black.
     
  • E-28 — A white woman who works in a hospital operating room. She is married to a teacher, and has two children, ages 28 and 33. She is a member of a professional organization, and volunteers for Relay for Life.