Jury Pool Profile

Lynchburg City City, Virginia

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 79,255
Median household income: $59,808
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 49,316 62.2%
Black or African American alone 21,951 27.7%
Asian alone 1,767 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 271 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 111 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,654 2.1%
Two or more races 4,185 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,920 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 28.4

Under 18 15,306 19.3%
18–24 19,413 24.5%
25–44 18,985 24.0%
45–64 14,311 18.1%
65 and over 11,240 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.9B
Avg. annual pay: $58,705
Establishments: 2,654

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 14,657 30.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,565 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 6,549 13.7%
Professional & business services 5,349 11.2%
Manufacturing 5,088 10.7%
Financial activities 2,222 4.7%
Construction 1,930 4.0%
Public administration 1,469 3.1%
Other services 1,328 2.8%
Information 404 0.8%
Unclassified 105 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 23 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 49.1%
Median gross rent: $1,043
Owner-occupied: 14,076
Renter-occupied: 14,611

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,715 votes cast

Republican 19,574 53.3%
Democratic 16,664 45.4%
Other / third-party 477 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,142 2.9%
Other 745 1.0%
Other Indo-European 655 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 341 0.5%
Korean 328 0.4%
Chinese 293 0.4%
Vietnamese 235 0.3%
Tagalog 176 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 166 0.2%
German 165 0.2%
Arabic 118 0.2%
Slavic languages 104 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 28,687
Family households: 16,816; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 10,875
Single-mother households: 2,658
Veterans: 4,075; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 34,538 43.7%
Mainline Protestant 9,732 12.3%
Catholic 7,064 8.9%
Black Protestant 2,884 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,460 3.1%
Orthodox 120 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Amherst, Bedford, Lovingston, Lynchburg, Rustburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 1.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023