Jury Pool Profile

Mathews County, Virginia

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 8,517
Median household income: $75,487
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,387 86.7%
Black or African American alone 713 8.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.2%
Some other race alone 68 0.8%
Two or more races 328 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 219 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 53.8

Under 18 1,329 15.6%
18–24 651 7.6%
25–44 1,304 15.3%
45–64 2,483 29.2%
65 and over 2,750 32.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $260.5M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,476
Establishments: 257

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 507 32.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 246 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 217 13.8%
Construction 149 9.5%
Public administration 144 9.1%
Manufacturing 99 6.3%
Professional & business services 85 5.4%
Other services 68 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 29 1.8%
Financial activities 28 1.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.6%
Median gross rent: $1,108
Owner-occupied: 3,225
Renter-occupied: 542

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,929 votes cast

Republican 4,106 69.3%
Democratic 1,774 29.9%
Other / third-party 49 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 178 2.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.4%
German 21 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,767
Family households: 2,356; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,998
Single-mother households: 149
Veterans: 772; 10.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

80.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,809 56.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,741 20.4%
Catholic 353 4.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Charles City, Gloucester, King William, King and Queen, Mathews, New Kent, Poquoson, Saluda, Williamsburg, Yorktown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 13.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023