Jury Pool Profile

Colonial Heights City City, Virginia

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 18,210
Median household income: $76,250
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,634 69.4%
Black or African American alone 3,285 18.0%
Asian alone 625 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 638 3.5%
Two or more races 875 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,392 7.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 4,397 24.1%
18–24 1,138 6.2%
25–44 5,011 27.5%
45–64 4,330 23.8%
65 and over 3,334 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.1B
Avg. annual pay: $43,347
Establishments: 757

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,076 31.7%
Education & health services 2,233 23.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,143 22.1%
Professional & business services 497 5.1%
Other services 429 4.4%
Financial activities 414 4.3%
Construction 385 4.0%
Public administration 284 2.9%
Manufacturing 161 1.7%
Information 52 0.5%
Unclassified 19 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.1%
Median gross rent: $1,162
Owner-occupied: 5,136
Renter-occupied: 2,409

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,941 votes cast

Republican 5,883 65.8%
Democratic 2,982 33.4%
Other / third-party 76 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 781 4.6%
Other Indo-European 212 1.2%
Chinese 167 1.0%
Arabic 92 0.5%
Tagalog 66 0.4%
Other 63 0.4%
German 50 0.3%
Korean 43 0.3%
Vietnamese 28 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,545
Family households: 5,001; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,118
Single-mother households: 876
Veterans: 1,858; 13.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

108.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,757 64.7%
Catholic 4,929 27.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,521 13.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 412 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Chesterfield, Colonial Heights

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023