Jury Pool Profile
Essex County, Virginia
- County seat
- Tappahannock
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 10,654
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,623.
At a glance
Essex County is a 10,654-person venue. The county population is 55% White and 37% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,311, $27,805 below the VA state median of $92,116; 16.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.7% 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 29.6% of covered employment, average pay $43,419/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.25%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 54% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 10,623
- Median household income
- $56,520
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 55% / 37%.
Essex County has a population of 10,623, with a median age of 47.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 54.8%; Black residents 37.1%. Independently, 4.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,311; 16.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% 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 30% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 29.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 23.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.25%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 51%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Essex County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 53.5% in 2024, 49.8% in 2020, 49.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 56% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
6.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Chinese. Veterans account for 7.3% of the adult civilian population (635 individuals).