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Jury Pool Profile

Gloucester County, Virginia

Republican +38 (2024)
Population
39,228
Median household income
$83,689
Unemployment
3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 32,969 84.0%
  • Black or African American alone 3,192 8.1%
  • Asian alone 320 0.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 82 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 239 0.6%
  • Two or more races 2,426 6.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,586 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

  • Under 18 7,863 20.0%
  • 18–24 2,587 6.6%
  • 25–44 9,307 23.7%
  • 45–64 11,496 29.3%
  • 65 and over 7,975 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.1%
-0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.4B
0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,565
Establishments
1,134

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 3,035 30.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,448 24.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,374 13.6%
  • Professional & business services 1,053 10.4%
  • Construction 643 6.4%
  • Other services 542 5.4%
  • Public administration 402 4.0%
  • Financial activities 298 2.9%
  • Manufacturing 147 1.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 96 1.0%
  • Information 51 0.5%
  • Unclassified 13 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
79.8%
Median gross rent
$1,144
Owner-occupied
12,064
Renter-occupied
3,047

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,149 votes cast

  • Republican 15,918 68.8%
  • Democratic 7,034 30.4%
  • Other / third-party 197 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 464 1.2%
  • Other Indo-European 159 0.4%
  • German 125 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 91 0.2%
  • Chinese 77 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 29 0.1%
  • Korean 28 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%
  • Other 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
15,111
Family households
10,424
69.0% of households
Married w/ children
8,269
Single-mother households
590
Veterans
4,146
13.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 7,293 18.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,687 9.5%
  • Catholic 1,920 5.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 413 1.1%
  • Black Protestant 100 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.0%
With a disability
17.2%
Bachelor's or higher
25.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
9 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Charles City, Gloucester, King William, King and Queen, Mathews, New Kent, Poquoson, Saluda, Williamsburg, Yorktown

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
6
19.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Gloucester County, Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.