Jury Pool Profile
Alexandria City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Alexandria
- Judicial district
- 18th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 160,662
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 156,976.
At a glance
Alexandria City is a 160,662-person venue. The city population is 51% White and 21% Black (Census race-alone categories). 18% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $123,840, $31,724 above the VA state median of $92,116; 66.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 31.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (6.3%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Professional & business services, at 22.4% of covered employment, average pay $124,783/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.31%, below the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 156,976
- Median household income
- $119,681
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This city: 51% / 21%.
Alexandria City has a population of 156,976, with a median age of 37.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 51.0%; Black residents 21.3%. Independently, 18.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $123,840; 66.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Professional & business services, about 22% of covered jobs.
Professional & business services is the largest employment sector at 22.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.31%, below the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Alexandria City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.8% in 2024, 80.3% in 2020, 76.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 46% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 31.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
31.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (10,002 individuals).