Jury Pool Profile

Brunswick County, Virginia

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 15,868
Median household income: $52,978
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,539 41.2%
Black or African American alone 8,478 53.4%
Asian alone 74 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 231 1.5%
Two or more races 514 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 434 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.4

Under 18 2,479 15.6%
18–24 1,363 8.6%
25–44 4,237 26.7%
45–64 4,315 27.2%
65 and over 3,474 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,409
Establishments: 527

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,009 30.5%
Professional & business services 559 16.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 525 15.9%
Manufacturing 260 7.9%
Natural resources & mining 245 7.4%
Public administration 213 6.4%
Construction 139 4.2%
Leisure & hospitality 134 4.1%
Financial activities 122 3.7%
Other services 77 2.3%
Information 20 0.6%
Unclassified 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.5%
Median gross rent: $864
Owner-occupied: 4,635
Renter-occupied: 1,755

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,738 votes cast

Democratic 4,184 54.1%
Republican 3,523 45.5%
Other / third-party 31 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 375 2.5%
Arabic 37 0.2%
Other 37 0.2%
Other Indo-European 33 0.2%
Korean 31 0.2%
Tagalog 31 0.2%
German 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,390
Family households: 3,839; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,295
Single-mother households: 602
Veterans: 1,171; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,876 24.5%
Black Protestant 2,468 15.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,772 11.2%
Catholic 209 1.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 208 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Emporia, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 44.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023