Jury Pool Profile

Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 28,083
Median household income: $83,898
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,084 64.4%
Black or African American alone 8,595 30.6%
Asian alone 174 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 603 2.1%
Two or more races 620 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,170 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 5,655 20.1%
18–24 2,115 7.5%
25–44 6,872 24.5%
45–64 8,179 29.1%
65 and over 5,262 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.1B
Avg. annual pay: $68,516
Establishments: 572

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,586 44.5%
Education & health services 2,292 22.2%
Manufacturing 769 7.5%
Construction 647 6.3%
Professional & business services 560 5.4%
Financial activities 420 4.1%
Leisure & hospitality 395 3.8%
Public administration 354 3.4%
Other services 165 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 92 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.2%
Median gross rent: $1,242
Owner-occupied: 8,159
Renter-occupied: 2,268

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,589 votes cast

Republican 9,549 61.3%
Democratic 5,942 38.1%
Other / third-party 98 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 961 3.6%
German 147 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 88 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 58 0.2%
Slavic languages 50 0.2%
Arabic 46 0.2%
Korean 21 0.1%
Vietnamese 14 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,427
Family households: 7,427; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,694
Single-mother households: 467
Veterans: 2,234; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,684 23.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,407 8.6%
Black Protestant 670 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Petersburg, Powhatan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 66.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023