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Henrico County, Virginia

Democratic +28.9 (2024)
County seat
Laurel
Judicial district
14th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
342,775
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 335,744.

At a glance

Henrico County is a 342,775-person venue. The county population is 51% White and 29% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $84,671, $7,445 below the VA state median of $92,116; 46.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (3.3%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Professional & business services, at 21.9% of covered employment, average pay $94,784/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.6%, below the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 58% to 64% of the vote across the three.

Population
335,744
Median household income
$88,783
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 51% / 29%.

Henrico County has a population of 335,744, with a median age of 39.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 50.5%; Black residents 29.4%. Independently, 6.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $84,671; 46.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 166,119 49.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,193 6.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 97,727 29.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 31,599 9.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 14,756 4.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 298 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 169 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,883 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

  • Under 18 73,554 21.9%
  • 18–24 26,055 7.8%
  • 25–44 94,556 28.2%
  • 45–64 84,661 25.2%
  • 65 and over 56,918 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$84,671
90% interval $80,622–$88,720
−$7,445 vs VA · 38th of 133
Below poverty line
10.3%
90% interval 9.2%–11.4%
+0.5 pp vs VA · 84th of 133

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by professional services and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Professional & business services, 42,381 jobs; Education & health services, 40,946, is within 20% of it.

Professional & business services is the largest employment sector at 21.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.6%, below the Virginia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
−0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP
$37.6B
4.93% of state
Avg. annual pay
$73,260
Establishments
12,753

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Professional & business services 42,381 21.9%
  • Education & health services 40,946 21.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 38,905 20.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 19,102 9.9%
  • Financial activities 15,925 8.2%
  • Construction 12,451 6.4%
  • Public administration 7,065 3.7%
  • Other services 6,232 3.2%
  • Information 283 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
64.5%
−2.8 pp vs VA · 101st of 133
Median gross rent
$1,541
−$38 vs VA · 26th of 133
Owner-occupied
88,571
Renter-occupied
48,794

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $127,729/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,255/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Democratic

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

Henrico County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.7% in 2024, 63.6% in 2020, 57.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 180,642 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201636.8%57.8%
202034.6%63.6%
202434.8%63.7%
  • Democratic 115,040 63.7%
  • Republican 62,882 34.8%
  • Other / third-party 2,720 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

16.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Chinese. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (15,200 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

83.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 15,399 4.9%
  • Arabic 3,949 1.2%
  • Chinese 3,102 1.0%
  • Vietnamese 2,687 0.8%
  • Korean 1,484 0.5%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,401 0.4%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,241 0.4%
  • Tagalog 1,054 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 1,026 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
137,365
Family households
86,590
63.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
25,543
29.5% of families
Single-mother families
8,926
10.3% of families
Veterans
15,200
5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

54.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 70,391 21.1%
  • Catholic 48,096 14.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 31,766 9.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 26,084 7.8%
  • Black Protestant 2,904 0.9%
  • Orthodox 1,290 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.7%
±0.5 pp
Uninsured
6.3%
±0.5 pp
68th of 133
With a disability
11.5%
±0.6 pp
110th of 133
Bachelor's or higher
46.5%
±1 pp
+4.3 pp vs VA · 13th of 133
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.7%
90% interval 7.0%–8.4% · 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
14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
9 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Laurel
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Henrico totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
46
17.54 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
45

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Henrico 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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