Jury Pool Profile
Fredericksburg City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Fredericksburg
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 30,393
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 28,873.
At a glance
Fredericksburg City is a 30,393-person venue. The city population is 57% White and 20% Black (Census race-alone categories). 13% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $81,253, $10,863 below the VA state median of $92,116; 46.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (4.2%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 36.8% of covered employment, average pay $79,884/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.96%, above the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 66% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 28,873
- Median household income
- $86,071
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This city: 57% / 20%.
Fredericksburg City has a population of 28,873, with a median age of 32.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 56.9%; Black residents 19.9%. Independently, 12.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $81,253; 46.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 37% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 36.8% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 18.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.96%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Fredericksburg City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 64.9% in 2024, 66.2% in 2020, 60.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 49% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 11.5% of the adult civilian population (2,606 individuals).