Jury Pool Profile

Appomattox County, Virginia

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 16,424
Median household income: $62,337
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,693 77.3%
Black or African American alone 2,799 17.0%
Asian alone 25 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 341 2.1%
Two or more races 565 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 368 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 3,591 21.9%
18–24 1,202 7.3%
25–44 3,815 23.2%
45–64 4,420 26.9%
65 and over 3,396 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $475.6M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,983
Establishments: 533

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 991 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 804 22.3%
Leisure & hospitality 443 12.3%
Construction 418 11.6%
Public administration 258 7.2%
Other services 205 5.7%
Professional & business services 176 4.9%
Natural resources & mining 105 2.9%
Manufacturing 90 2.5%
Financial activities 80 2.2%
Information 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $883
Owner-occupied: 5,092
Renter-occupied: 1,471

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,642 votes cast

Republican 7,243 75.1%
Democratic 2,324 24.1%
Other / third-party 75 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 128 0.8%
German 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 12 0.1%
Other 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,563
Family households: 4,535; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,409
Single-mother households: 467
Veterans: 1,296; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,218 51.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,556 9.7%
Catholic 339 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Appomattox, Boydton, Buckingham, Charlotte Court House, Cumberland, Farmville, Halifax, Lunenburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 23.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023