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Jury Pool Profile

Greene County, Virginia

Republican +24.7 (2024)
County seat
Stanardsville
Judicial district
16th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
21,958
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 21,155.

At a glance

Greene County is a 21,958-person venue. The county population is 79% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $89,231, $2,885 below the VA state median of $92,116; 31.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $37,643/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.91%, below the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 61% to 62% of the vote across the three.

Population
21,155
Median household income
$89,808
Unemployment
2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 79% / 7%.

Greene County has a population of 21,155, with a median age of 40.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 79.0%; Black residents 7.4%. Independently, 7.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,231; 31.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 16,667 78.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,578 7.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,563 7.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 464 2.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 638 3.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 41 0.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 196 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

  • Under 18 4,850 22.9%
  • 18–24 1,377 6.5%
  • 25–44 5,380 25.4%
  • 45–64 5,421 25.6%
  • 65 and over 4,127 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$89,231
90% interval $79,310–$99,152
−$2,885 vs VA · 32nd of 133
Below poverty line
8.4%
90% interval 6.5%–10.3%
−1.4 pp vs VA · 99th of 133

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 1,103 jobs; Education & health services, 1,018, is within 20% of it.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 25.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.91%, below the Virginia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.9%
−0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP
$681.0M
0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay
$44,660
Establishments
538

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,103 27.5%
  • Education & health services 1,018 25.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 501 12.5%
  • Professional & business services 367 9.2%
  • Construction 318 7.9%
  • Public administration 284 7.1%
  • Other services 170 4.2%
  • Financial activities 123 3.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 51 1.3%
  • Manufacturing 44 1.1%
  • Information 15 0.4%
  • Unclassified 15 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
83.4%
+16.1 pp vs VA · 17th of 133
Median gross rent
$1,309
−$270 vs VA · 39th of 133
Owner-occupied
6,700
Renter-occupied
1,332

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $76,335/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,102/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Greene County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.7% in 2024, 60.7% in 2020, 62.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,038 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201662.5%30.8%
202060.7%36.8%
202461.7%37.0%
  • Republican 7,432 61.7%
  • Democratic 4,456 37.0%
  • Other / third-party 150 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 9.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

9.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 8.9% of the adult civilian population (1,446 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,113 5.6%
  • Tagalog 150 0.8%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 92 0.5%
  • German or other West Germanic 89 0.4%
  • Korean 76 0.4%
  • Arabic 59 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
8,032
Family households
5,762
71.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,590
27.6% of families
Single-mother families
607
10.5% of families
Veterans
1,446
8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

20.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,777 13.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 799 3.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 403 2.0%
  • Catholic 271 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.2%
±2 pp
Uninsured
6.8%
±2 pp
47th of 133
With a disability
14.6%
±2.4 pp
76th of 133
Bachelor's or higher
31.5%
±3.6 pp
−10.7 pp vs VA · 50th of 133
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.7%
90% interval 9.5%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
7 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Charlottesville, Culpeper, Goochland, Louisa, Madison, Orange, Palmyra, Stanardsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Greene totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
6.13 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Greene 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 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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