Jury Pool Profile
Essex County, Virginia
Republican +8 (2024)
- Population
- 10,604
- Median household income
- $56,481
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 5,925 55.9%
- Black or African American alone 3,976 37.5%
- Asian alone 56 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.1%
- Some other race alone 86 0.8%
- Two or more races 539 5.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 461 4.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 47.1
- Under 18 1,905 18.0%
- 18–24 970 9.1%
- 25–44 2,099 19.8%
- 45–64 3,123 29.5%
- 65 and over 2,507 23.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.4%
- +0.96 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $560.4M
- 0.07% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,848
- Establishments
- 410
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,079 30.4%
- Education & health services 828 23.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 390 11.0%
- Manufacturing 299 8.4%
- Professional & business services 286 8.1%
- Public administration 243 6.9%
- Other services 120 3.4%
- Financial activities 110 3.1%
- Construction 94 2.7%
- Natural resources & mining 76 2.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.9%
- Median gross rent
- $967
- Owner-occupied
- 3,031
- Renter-occupied
- 1,365
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,064 votes cast
- Republican 3,245 53.5%
- Democratic 2,775 45.8%
- Other / third-party 44 0.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
93.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 439 4.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 179 1.8%
- Other Indo-European 31 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.2%
- Chinese 18 0.2%
- Tagalog 12 0.1%
- German 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,396
- Family households
- 2,700
- 61.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,035
- Single-mother households
- 300
- Veterans
- 627
- 7.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
47.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 2,772 26.2%
- Mainline Protestant 1,049 9.9%
- Catholic 641 6.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 491 4.6%
- Black Protestant 27 0.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 89.9%
- With a disability
- 16.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 12 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Bowling Green, Fredericksburg, Hanover, Heathsville, King George, Lancaster, Montross, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Stafford, Tappahannock, Warsaw
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 22.99 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023