Jury Pool Profile

Franklin City City, Virginia

Democratic +23 (2024)

Population: 8,212
Median household income: $65,125
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,132 38.1%
Black or African American alone 4,244 51.7%
Asian alone 188 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 54 0.7%
Two or more races 594 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 259 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 2,182 26.6%
18–24 442 5.4%
25–44 1,911 23.3%
45–64 2,115 25.8%
65 and over 1,562 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.61 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B
Avg. annual pay: $41,607
Establishments: 320

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,590 39.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,019 25.6%
Leisure & hospitality 506 12.7%
Professional & business services 224 5.6%
Public administration 200 5.0%
Financial activities 127 3.2%
Other services 100 2.5%
Manufacturing 96 2.4%
Construction 74 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.4%
Median gross rent: $995
Owner-occupied: 1,809
Renter-occupied: 1,579

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,876 votes cast

Democratic 2,359 60.9%
Republican 1,476 38.1%
Other / third-party 41 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 171 2.3%
Other Indo-European 109 1.4%
Slavic languages 23 0.3%
Tagalog 15 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,388
Family households: 2,345; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,433
Single-mother households: 301
Veterans: 589; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

108.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,164 63.1%
Black Protestant 2,044 25.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 655 8.0%
Catholic 518 6.3%
Mainline Protestant 495 6.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.5%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Courtland, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Suffolk

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 16.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023