Jury Pool Profile

Martinsville City City, Virginia

Democratic +23 (2024)

Population: 13,584
Median household income: $42,434
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,860 43.1%
Black or African American alone 6,011 44.3%
Asian alone 153 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.1%
Some other race alone 400 2.9%
Two or more races 1,147 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,091 8.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 3,574 26.3%
18–24 1,261 9.3%
25–44 2,986 22.0%
45–64 3,445 25.4%
65 and over 2,318 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +2.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B
Avg. annual pay: $43,459
Establishments: 959

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,138 34.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,457 15.8%
Professional & business services 1,401 15.2%
Manufacturing 925 10.0%
Public administration 809 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 788 8.5%
Other services 363 3.9%
Financial activities 187 2.0%
Information 56 0.6%
Construction 28 0.3%
Unclassified 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.7%
Median gross rent: $784
Owner-occupied: 3,184
Renter-occupied: 2,435

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,658 votes cast

Democratic 3,435 60.7%
Republican 2,155 38.1%
Other / third-party 68 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 890 6.9%
Other Indo-European 110 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 95 0.7%
Other 69 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 50 0.4%
Slavic languages 16 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,619
Family households: 3,135; 55.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,589
Single-mother households: 535
Veterans: 689; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

123.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,408 69.8%
Black Protestant 3,102 23.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,046 15.2%
Catholic 1,668 12.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 456 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Martinsville, Stuart

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 9.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023