Jury Pool Profile

Halifax County, Virginia

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 33,811
Median household income: $49,244
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,387 60.3%
Black or African American alone 11,734 34.7%
Asian alone 156 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 168 0.5%
Two or more races 1,337 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 840 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.7

Under 18 6,843 20.2%
18–24 2,431 7.2%
25–44 7,048 20.8%
45–64 8,939 26.4%
65 and over 8,550 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.54 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,234
Establishments: 1,022

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,042 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,837 23.9%
Manufacturing 1,973 16.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,245 10.5%
Construction 876 7.4%
Public administration 592 5.0%
Professional & business services 518 4.4%
Other services 302 2.5%
Financial activities 243 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 113 1.0%
Information 16 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $769
Owner-occupied: 9,648
Renter-occupied: 4,025

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,844 votes cast

Republican 10,741 60.2%
Democratic 6,984 39.1%
Other / third-party 119 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

German 526 1.6%
Spanish 431 1.3%
Other Indo-European 118 0.4%
Arabic 81 0.3%
Tagalog 31 0.1%
Other 14 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,673
Family households: 8,288; 60.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,519
Single-mother households: 1,306
Veterans: 2,106; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,929 43.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,587 7.6%
Black Protestant 1,884 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 576 1.7%
Catholic 361 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Appomattox, Boydton, Buckingham, Charlotte Court House, Cumberland, Farmville, Halifax, Lunenburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 74.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023