Jury Pool Profile

Amherst County, Virginia

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 31,385
Median household income: $67,298
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,388 74.5%
Black or African American alone 5,558 17.7%
Asian alone 197 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 198 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.1%
Some other race alone 492 1.6%
Two or more races 1,532 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 890 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 6,255 19.9%
18–24 2,785 8.9%
25–44 7,197 22.9%
45–64 8,435 26.9%
65 and over 6,713 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,248
Establishments: 795

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,585 31.6%
Manufacturing 1,670 20.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,436 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 787 9.6%
Public administration 516 6.3%
Construction 470 5.8%
Professional & business services 287 3.5%
Other services 171 2.1%
Financial activities 126 1.5%
Information 41 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 40 0.5%
Unclassified 38 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $842
Owner-occupied: 9,959
Renter-occupied: 2,743

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,303 votes cast

Republican 11,742 67.9%
Democratic 5,429 31.4%
Other / third-party 132 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 421 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 58 0.2%
Other Indo-European 57 0.2%
Tagalog 41 0.1%
German 40 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 35 0.1%
Other 35 0.1%
Chinese 20 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,702
Family households: 8,134; 64.0% of households
Married w/ children: 6,162
Single-mother households: 473
Veterans: 1,829; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,328 45.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,608 8.3%
Black Protestant 450 1.4%
Catholic 315 1.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 156 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Amherst, Bedford, Lovingston, Lynchburg, Rustburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 11.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023