Jury Pool Profile
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- County seat
- Dinwiddie
- Judicial district
- 11th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 28,896
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 28,191.
At a glance
Dinwiddie County is a 28,896-person venue. The county population is 64% White and 30% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,913, $21,203 below the VA state median of $92,116; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 35.1% of covered employment, average pay $55,615/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, level with the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 55% to 61% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 28,191
- Median household income
- $83,704
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 30%.
Dinwiddie County has a population of 28,191, with a median age of 43.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.9%; Black residents 29.8%. Independently, 4.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $70,913; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 35% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 35.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 25.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, level with the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dinwiddie County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.3% in 2024, 57.6% in 2020, 55.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (1,929 individuals).