Jury Pool Profile
Fairfax City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Fairfax
- Judicial district
- 19th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 26,772
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 25,026.
At a glance
Fairfax City is a 26,772-person venue. The city population is 53% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 19% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $126,239, $34,123 above the VA state median of $92,116; 62.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 38.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (5.6%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 23.2% of covered employment, average pay $56,346/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.2%, below the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 68% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 25,026
- Median household income
- $132,348
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This city: 53% / 6%.
Fairfax City has a population of 25,026, with a median age of 36.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 52.8%; Black residents 6.3%. Independently, 18.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $126,239; 62.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 5,859 jobs; Professional & business services, 5,621, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 23.2% of covered employment, followed by Professional & business services at 22.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.2%, below the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Fairfax City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.4% in 2024, 68.0% in 2020, 62.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 38.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
38.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Arabic. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (1,396 individuals).