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Jury Pool Profile

Albemarle County, Virginia

Democratic +34 (2024)
Population
113,683
Median household income
$102,617
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 87,040 76.6%
  • Black or African American alone 10,044 8.8%
  • Asian alone 6,319 5.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 123 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 2,711 2.4%
  • Two or more races 7,412 6.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,348 7.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

  • Under 18 22,432 19.7%
  • 18–24 13,301 11.7%
  • 25–44 28,159 24.8%
  • 45–64 27,175 23.9%
  • 65 and over 22,616 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
-0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP
$17.6B
Avg. annual pay
$72,866
Establishments
4,185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 30,437 47.0%
  • Professional & business services 8,209 12.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 7,245 11.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 6,468 10.0%
  • Manufacturing 2,483 3.8%
  • Construction 2,407 3.7%
  • Financial activities 2,102 3.2%
  • Other services 1,929 3.0%
  • Public administration 1,812 2.8%
  • Information 833 1.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 788 1.2%
  • Unclassified 100 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
66.0%
Median gross rent
$1,623
Owner-occupied
29,720
Renter-occupied
15,344

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 66,740 votes cast

  • Democratic 44,279 66.3%
  • Republican 21,513 32.2%
  • Other / third-party 948 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 6,337 5.9%
  • Other Indo-European 2,628 2.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,067 1.0%
  • Chinese 920 0.9%
  • German 790 0.7%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 766 0.7%
  • Other 636 0.6%
  • Korean 556 0.5%
  • Arabic 513 0.5%
  • Slavic languages 386 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 278 0.3%
  • Tagalog 202 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
45,064
Family households
28,029
62.2% of households
Married w/ children
22,664
Single-mother households
2,254
Veterans
6,145
6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 14,739 13.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 9,387 8.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,439 3.9%
  • Catholic 3,752 3.3%
  • Black Protestant 202 0.2%
  • Orthodox 90 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.6%
With a disability
9.8%
Bachelor's or higher
60.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
7 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Charlottesville, Culpeper, Goochland, Louisa, Madison, Orange, Palmyra, Stanardsville

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
11
12.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
10

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Albemarle County, Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.