Jury Pool Profile
Chesapeake City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Chesapeake
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 255,332
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 252,583.
At a glance
Chesapeake City is a 255,332-person venue. The city population is 55% White and 29% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $90,226, $1,890 below the VA state median of $92,116; 36.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.6% of covered employment, average pay $50,828/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.61%, below the 3.66% state average. The city has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 252,583
- Median household income
- $95,373
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This city: 55% / 29%.
Chesapeake City has a population of 252,583, with a median age of 37.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.1%; Black residents 29.1%. Independently, 7.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $90,226; 36.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 25,362 jobs; Education & health services, 22,580, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 23.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.61%, below the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Chesapeake City was carried by the Democratic candidate with 51.3% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 52.2% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 48.3% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 15.6% of the adult civilian population (28,583 individuals).