Jury Pool Profile

Fairfax County, Virginia

Democratic +35 (2024)

Population: 1,144,474
Median household income: $150,113
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 587,697 51.4%
Black or African American alone 112,326 9.8%
Asian alone 228,261 19.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,635 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 566 0.0%
Some other race alone 80,858 7.1%
Two or more races 129,131 11.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 199,153 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 264,791 23.1%
18–24 94,493 8.3%
25–44 315,875 27.6%
45–64 303,018 26.5%
65 and over 166,297 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $177.5B
Avg. annual pay: $114,100
Establishments: 38,934

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 229,887 36.1%
Education & health services 126,840 19.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 79,872 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 54,430 8.6%
Public administration 35,250 5.5%
Financial activities 34,992 5.5%
Construction 25,645 4.0%
Information 23,186 3.6%
Other services 19,525 3.1%
Manufacturing 5,425 0.9%
Unclassified 1,238 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 137 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.3%
Median gross rent: $2,230
Owner-occupied: 282,039
Renter-occupied: 130,624

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	U.S. Federal Government	Public administration / Government	25,000*
2	Fairfax County Public Schools	Education & health services	25,000*
3	Fairfax County Government	Public administration / Government	10,000*
4	Inova Health System	Education & health services	10,000*
5	Capital One	Financial activities	10,000*
6	Amazon / Amazon Web Services	Information	10,000*
7	Commonwealth of Virginia	Public administration / Government	5,000*
8	Booz Allen Hamilton	Professional & business services	5,000*
9	Freddie Mac	Financial activities	5,000*
10	General Dynamics	Professional & business services	5,000*
11	Navy Federal Credit Union	Financial activities	5,000*
12	SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)	Professional & business services	5,000*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) — "Major Employers" handout (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 584,387 votes cast

Democratic 386,438 66.1%
Republican 181,895 31.1%
Other / third-party 16,054 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

61.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 148,648 13.8%
Other Indo-European 70,800 6.6%
Korean 32,225 3.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 32,043 3.0%
Other 28,085 2.6%
Chinese 27,349 2.5%
Vietnamese 25,937 2.4%
Arabic 23,070 2.1%
Tagalog 9,448 0.9%
Slavic languages 9,165 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 7,533 0.7%
German 5,038 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 412,663
Family households: 288,040; 69.8% of households
Married w/ children: 236,106
Single-mother households: 17,056
Veterans: 67,614; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 195,503 17.0%
Evangelical Protestant 148,012 12.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 114,946 10.0%
Mainline Protestant 79,411 6.9%
Orthodox 12,122 1.1%
Black Protestant 2,044 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 7.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 64.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 21 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Fairfax

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 42; 4.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 40

NHTSA FARS 2023