Jury Pool Profile
Lee County, Virginia
Republican +72 (2024)
- Population
- 22,042
- Median household income
- $42,269
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 20,507 93.0%
- Black or African American alone 937 4.3%
- Asian alone 41 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 39 0.2%
- Two or more races 476 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 507 2.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.4
- Under 18 4,038 18.3%
- 18–24 1,400 6.4%
- 25–44 5,461 24.8%
- 45–64 6,166 28.0%
- 65 and over 4,977 22.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.8%
- +1.3 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $566.6M
- 0.07% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,126
- Establishments
- 522
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,446 34.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 936 22.3%
- Public administration 644 15.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 318 7.6%
- Construction 220 5.3%
- Professional & business services 183 4.4%
- Manufacturing 154 3.7%
- Financial activities 123 2.9%
- Other services 81 1.9%
- Natural resources & mining 56 1.3%
- Information 20 0.5%
- Unclassified 8 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.9%
- Median gross rent
- $725
- Owner-occupied
- 6,242
- Renter-occupied
- 2,204
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,108 votes cast
- Republican 8,674 85.8%
- Democratic 1,391 13.8%
- Other / third-party 43 0.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 445 2.1%
- German 41 0.2%
- Arabic 29 0.1%
- Vietnamese 17 0.1%
- Other 16 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
- Korean 8 0.0%
- Tagalog 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 8,446
- Family households
- 5,414
- 64.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,609
- Single-mother households
- 585
- Veterans
- 1,415
- 7.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
59.7% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 10,712 48.3%
- Mainline Protestant 1,480 6.7%
- Black Protestant 812 3.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 136 0.6%
- Catholic 90 0.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.6%
- With a disability
- 29.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 12.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 30th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Gate City, Jonesville, Norton, Wise
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 22.22 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023