Jury Pool Profile

Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 39,444
Median household income: $96,118
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,699 70.2%
Black or African American alone 8,718 22.1%
Asian alone 410 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 70 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.1%
Some other race alone 424 1.1%
Two or more races 2,102 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,519 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 8,403 21.3%
18–24 2,755 7.0%
25–44 9,062 23.0%
45–64 11,479 29.1%
65 and over 7,745 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,356
Establishments: 926

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,134 21.2%
Education & health services 1,919 19.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,721 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,224 12.2%
Professional & business services 1,032 10.3%
Public administration 618 6.1%
Construction 549 5.5%
Other services 348 3.5%
Financial activities 255 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 219 2.2%
Unclassified 25 0.2%
Information 17 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $1,313
Owner-occupied: 12,545
Renter-occupied: 2,881

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,672 votes cast

Republican 14,659 59.4%
Democratic 9,779 39.6%
Other / third-party 234 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 861 2.3%
Korean 87 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 85 0.2%
Slavic languages 81 0.2%
German 72 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.1%
Vietnamese 48 0.1%
Other Indo-European 42 0.1%
Other 30 0.1%
Tagalog 19 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,426
Family households: 10,780; 69.9% of households
Married w/ children: 8,706
Single-mother households: 592
Veterans: 4,926; 16.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,843 22.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,552 9.2%
Black Protestant 2,588 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,960 5.1%
Catholic 1,296 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Courtland, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Suffolk

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 28.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023