Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Virginia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 54,958
Median household income: $68,348
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,645 86.7%
Black or African American alone 4,282 7.8%
Asian alone 386 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 527 1.0%
Two or more races 1,960 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,982 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.5

Under 18 10,371 18.9%
18–24 4,504 8.2%
25–44 10,584 19.3%
45–64 16,182 29.4%
65 and over 13,317 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,740
Establishments: 1,617

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,677 23.5%
Manufacturing 3,224 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,698 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,589 10.1%
Construction 1,537 9.8%
Professional & business services 1,257 8.0%
Public administration 500 3.2%
Financial activities 416 2.7%
Other services 408 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 212 1.4%
Information 92 0.6%
Unclassified 57 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 17,922
Renter-occupied: 4,562

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,912 votes cast

Republican 22,319 72.2%
Democratic 8,321 26.9%
Other / third-party 272 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,243 2.4%
Arabic 101 0.2%
Other Indo-European 62 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.1%
Chinese 51 0.1%
German 50 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.1%
Slavic languages 41 0.1%
Tagalog 30 0.1%
Korean 17 0.0%
Vietnamese 15 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,484
Family households: 15,435; 68.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,028
Single-mother households: 820
Veterans: 3,524; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,906 34.7%
Mainline Protestant 4,953 9.1%
Catholic 1,353 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 902 1.7%
Black Protestant 462 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Chatham, Danville, Rocky Mount

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 24.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023