Jury Pool Profile

Buckingham County, Virginia

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 16,914
Median household income: $59,199
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,377 61.4%
Black or African American alone 5,424 32.1%
Asian alone 33 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 276 1.6%
Two or more races 787 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 434 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 3,060 18.1%
18–24 1,142 6.8%
25–44 4,593 27.2%
45–64 4,700 27.8%
65 and over 3,419 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $697.9M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,796
Establishments: 500

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 933 30.0%
Public administration 738 23.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 467 15.0%
Construction 232 7.5%
Natural resources & mining 175 5.6%
Professional & business services 152 4.9%
Manufacturing 138 4.4%
Leisure & hospitality 126 4.0%
Other services 85 2.7%
Financial activities 64 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $874
Owner-occupied: 4,633
Renter-occupied: 1,429

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,915 votes cast

Republican 4,847 61.2%
Democratic 2,988 37.8%
Other / third-party 80 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 269 1.7%
German 214 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 48 0.3%
Other Indo-European 34 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.2%
Other 16 0.1%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,062
Family households: 4,031; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,921
Single-mother households: 304
Veterans: 1,057; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

21.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,999 11.9%
Mainline Protestant 864 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 520 3.1%
Black Protestant 152 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

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: 1; 7.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023