Jury Pool Profile

James City County, Virginia

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 80,046
Median household income: $107,046
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,921 74.9%
Black or African American alone 10,254 12.8%
Asian alone 2,090 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 30 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,651 2.1%
Two or more races 6,100 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,531 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.2

Under 18 15,724 19.6%
18–24 5,537 6.9%
25–44 16,803 21.0%
45–64 20,879 26.1%
65 and over 21,103 26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.6B
Avg. annual pay: $52,359
Establishments: 2,261

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,777 25.8%
Leisure & hospitality 6,467 21.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,876 19.5%
Professional & business services 3,333 11.0%
Manufacturing 1,730 5.7%
Construction 1,613 5.3%
Financial activities 1,309 4.3%
Other services 953 3.2%
Public administration 766 2.5%
Information 237 0.8%
Unclassified 70 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 54 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $1,491
Owner-occupied: 24,720
Renter-occupied: 6,631

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 50,892 votes cast

Democratic 26,742 52.5%
Republican 23,575 46.3%
Other / third-party 575 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,835 3.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 462 0.6%
Other Indo-European 369 0.5%
Chinese 362 0.5%
German 359 0.5%
Tagalog 320 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 289 0.4%
Korean 272 0.4%
Slavic languages 229 0.3%
Other 204 0.3%
Vietnamese 136 0.2%
Arabic 67 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 31,351
Family households: 22,271; 71.0% of households
Married w/ children: 18,273
Single-mother households: 1,692
Veterans: 9,256; 14.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,814 20.2%
Catholic 10,303 13.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,230 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 3,947 5.0%
Orthodox 150 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Charles City, Gloucester, King William, King and Queen, Mathews, New Kent, Poquoson, Saluda, Williamsburg, Yorktown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 12.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023