Jury Pool Profile

Bedford County, Virginia

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 80,254
Median household income: $77,644
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 69,464 86.6%
Black or African American alone 4,809 6.0%
Asian alone 908 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 101 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 941 1.2%
Two or more races 4,031 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,174 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 15,735 19.6%
18–24 5,892 7.3%
25–44 16,743 20.9%
45–64 23,660 29.5%
65 and over 18,224 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,340
Establishments: 2,307

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,586 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,573 19.2%
Professional & business services 2,412 13.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,002 10.8%
Manufacturing 1,893 10.2%
Construction 1,413 7.6%
Other services 894 4.8%
Financial activities 880 4.7%
Public administration 656 3.5%
Information 120 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 99 0.5%
Unclassified 75 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.2%
Median gross rent: $955
Owner-occupied: 27,536
Renter-occupied: 5,162

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 50,830 votes cast

Republican 38,017 74.8%
Democratic 12,414 24.4%
Other / third-party 399 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,468 1.9%
Other Indo-European 464 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 243 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 237 0.3%
German 94 0.1%
Chinese 87 0.1%
Tagalog 76 0.1%
Slavic languages 57 0.1%
Arabic 47 0.1%
Vietnamese 43 0.1%
Other 38 0.0%
Korean 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,698
Family households: 22,887; 70.0% of households
Married w/ children: 19,290
Single-mother households: 1,185
Veterans: 5,671; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,232 25.5%
Mainline Protestant 5,979 7.5%
Catholic 4,309 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,461 1.8%
Black Protestant 186 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.6%

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: 5; 7.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023