Jury Pool Profile

Amelia County, Virginia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 13,342
Median household income: $66,339
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,785 73.3%
Black or African American alone 2,714 20.3%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 842 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 252 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 2,769 20.8%
18–24 849 6.4%
25–44 3,088 23.1%
45–64 3,863 29.0%
65 and over 2,773 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $394.7M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,867
Establishments: 411

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 631 25.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 442 17.5%
Construction 440 17.4%
Manufacturing 211 8.4%
Public administration 192 7.6%
Professional & business services 176 7.0%
Natural resources & mining 155 6.1%
Leisure & hospitality 114 4.5%
Other services 96 3.8%
Financial activities 38 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.2%
Median gross rent: $972
Owner-occupied: 4,289
Renter-occupied: 996

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,032 votes cast

Republican 5,776 71.9%
Democratic 2,214 27.6%
Other / third-party 42 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 216 1.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,285
Family households: 3,616; 68.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,006
Single-mother households: 88
Veterans: 1,098; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,810 21.2%
Mainline Protestant 893 6.7%
Catholic 608 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 254 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Petersburg, Powhatan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 28.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023