Jury Pool Profile

Hopewell City City, Virginia

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 22,944
Median household income: $48,681
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,179 44.4%
Black or African American alone 9,768 42.6%
Asian alone 261 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.1%
Some other race alone 504 2.2%
Two or more races 2,215 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,971 8.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.4

Under 18 5,858 25.5%
18–24 2,150 9.4%
25–44 5,787 25.2%
45–64 5,712 24.9%
65 and over 3,437 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +1.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.2B
Avg. annual pay: $66,996
Establishments: 546

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,329 32.0%
Manufacturing 1,893 26.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 874 12.0%
Leisure & hospitality 736 10.1%
Professional & business services 422 5.8%
Public administration 308 4.2%
Other services 159 2.2%
Financial activities 155 2.1%
Information 43 0.6%
Construction 26 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.5%
Median gross rent: $1,085
Owner-occupied: 5,230
Renter-occupied: 4,188

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,006 votes cast

Democratic 5,078 56.4%
Republican 3,838 42.6%
Other / third-party 90 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 831 3.9%
German 144 0.7%
Tagalog 140 0.7%
Other Indo-European 54 0.3%
Other 44 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.1%
Vietnamese 29 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,418
Family households: 5,964; 63.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,099
Single-mother households: 1,144
Veterans: 1,634; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,347 27.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,880 8.2%
Catholic 1,056 4.6%
Black Protestant 510 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 415 1.8%
Orthodox 250 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Emporia, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 11.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023