Jury Pool Profile

Lancaster County, Virginia

Republican +7 (2024)

Population: 10,876
Median household income: $67,169
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,364 67.7%
Black or African American alone 3,026 27.8%
Asian alone 50 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 119 1.1%
Two or more races 313 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 172 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 59.1

Under 18 1,601 14.7%
18–24 512 4.7%
25–44 1,493 13.7%
45–64 2,921 26.9%
65 and over 4,349 40.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $679.1M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,518
Establishments: 543

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,355 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 850 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 739 15.4%
Construction 336 7.0%
Manufacturing 322 6.7%
Professional & business services 319 6.7%
Financial activities 290 6.1%
Public administration 237 4.9%
Other services 229 4.8%
Information 56 1.2%
Unclassified 40 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 20 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $978
Owner-occupied: 4,364
Renter-occupied: 1,104

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,279 votes cast

Republican 3,866 53.1%
Democratic 3,355 46.1%
Other / third-party 58 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 215 2.0%
Other Indo-European 43 0.4%
Chinese 39 0.4%
German 36 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.3%
Other 16 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,468
Family households: 3,186; 58.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,576
Single-mother households: 232
Veterans: 1,034; 11.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,835 35.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,950 17.9%
Catholic 999 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 295 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Bowling Green, Fredericksburg, Hanover, Heathsville, King George, Lancaster, Montross, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Stafford, Tappahannock, Warsaw

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 21.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023