Jury Pool Profile

Henry County, Virginia

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 50,365
Median household income: $48,445
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,130 69.8%
Black or African American alone 11,273 22.4%
Asian alone 214 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 139 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,519 3.0%
Two or more races 2,090 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,367 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.9

Under 18 9,789 19.4%
18–24 3,547 7.0%
25–44 10,387 20.6%
45–64 14,346 28.5%
65 and over 12,296 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B
Avg. annual pay: $45,753
Establishments: 1,717

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,472 28.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,478 22.1%
Education & health services 3,217 20.5%
Professional & business services 1,475 9.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,043 6.6%
Public administration 590 3.8%
Construction 512 3.3%
Other services 417 2.7%
Financial activities 257 1.6%
Information 183 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 61 0.4%
Unclassified 26 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.1%
Median gross rent: $705
Owner-occupied: 15,601
Renter-occupied: 4,902

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,413 votes cast

Republican 16,800 66.1%
Democratic 8,457 33.3%
Other / third-party 156 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,619 5.4%
Other Indo-European 207 0.4%
Arabic 106 0.2%
German 48 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.1%
Slavic languages 15 0.0%
Other 14 0.0%
Vietnamese 9 0.0%
Chinese 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,503
Family households: 12,188; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,900
Single-mother households: 919
Veterans: 2,634; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,056 45.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,990 3.9%
Black Protestant 1,527 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 910 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 22.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Martinsville, Stuart

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 24.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023