Jury Pool Profile

Emporia City City, Virginia

Democratic +31 (2024)

Population: 5,633
Median household income: $49,375
Unemployment: 7.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,161 20.6%
Black or African American alone 3,607 64.0%
Asian alone 33 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 832 14.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 473 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 1,522 27.0%
18–24 468 8.3%
25–44 1,246 22.1%
45–64 1,361 24.2%
65 and over 1,036 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.7%; +4.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B
Avg. annual pay: $41,303
Establishments: 270

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 838 24.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 682 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 577 17.1%
Professional & business services 275 8.2%
Public administration 147 4.4%
Other services 76 2.3%
Financial activities 64 1.9%
Construction 10 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 38.4%
Median gross rent: $1,060
Owner-occupied: 852
Renter-occupied: 1,367

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,178 votes cast

Democratic 1,419 65.2%
Republican 744 34.2%
Other / third-party 15 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 436 8.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.6%
Other Indo-European 10 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
German 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,219
Family households: 1,397; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 700
Single-mother households: 253
Veterans: 358; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

81.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,336 40.5%
Black Protestant 1,030 17.9%
Mainline Protestant 732 12.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 421 7.3%
Catholic 203 3.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 27.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Emporia, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 24.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023