Jury Pool Profile
Lexington City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Lexington
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,769
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,525.
At a glance
Lexington City is a 7,769-person venue. The city population is 83% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $62,033, $30,083 below the VA state median of $92,116; 50.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 62.4% of covered employment, average pay $58,562/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.41%, above the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 65% of the vote across the three. At least 36% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 7,525
- Median household income
- $84,517
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This city: 83% / 6%.
Lexington City has a population of 7,525, with a median age of 22.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.7%; Black residents 5.8%. Independently, 6.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $62,033; 50.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 62% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 62.4% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 16.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.41%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 63%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Lexington City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 62.7% in 2024, 64.8% in 2020, 61.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 47% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 2.8% of the adult civilian population (196 individuals).