Jury Pool Profile

Louisa County, Virginia

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 39,012
Median household income: $80,343
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,137 77.3%
Black or African American alone 5,201 13.3%
Asian alone 180 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
Some other race alone 979 2.5%
Two or more races 2,453 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,520 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 7,883 20.2%
18–24 2,518 6.5%
25–44 9,259 23.7%
45–64 11,387 29.2%
65 and over 7,965 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,052
Establishments: 1,111

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,768 36.9%
Education & health services 1,732 17.0%
Manufacturing 1,048 10.3%
Construction 975 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 871 8.5%
Professional & business services 806 7.9%
Public administration 431 4.2%
Other services 251 2.5%
Financial activities 208 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 82 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.2%
Median gross rent: $1,208
Owner-occupied: 12,355
Renter-occupied: 2,856

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,067 votes cast

Republican 15,084 62.7%
Democratic 8,779 36.5%
Other / third-party 204 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,265 3.4%
Slavic languages 536 1.5%
Other Indo-European 481 1.3%
German 253 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 175 0.5%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 48 0.1%
Chinese 41 0.1%
Vietnamese 20 0.1%
Other 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,211
Family households: 11,230; 73.8% of households
Married w/ children: 9,084
Single-mother households: 689
Veterans: 3,259; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,724 17.9%
Catholic 1,963 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,958 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 689 1.8%
Black Protestant 152 0.4%
Orthodox 60 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Charlottesville, Culpeper, Goochland, Louisa, Madison, Orange, Palmyra, Stanardsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 41.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023