Jury Pool Profile

Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 30,431
Median household income: $51,691
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,828 61.9%
Black or African American alone 10,026 32.9%
Asian alone 316 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 103 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 212 0.7%
Two or more races 946 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 912 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.8

Under 18 5,633 18.5%
18–24 1,997 6.6%
25–44 6,371 20.9%
45–64 8,347 27.4%
65 and over 8,083 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,731
Establishments: 1,062

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,288 28.1%
Education & health services 2,959 25.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,319 11.3%
Professional & business services 1,070 9.1%
Manufacturing 824 7.0%
Public administration 644 5.5%
Construction 582 5.0%
Other services 381 3.3%
Financial activities 299 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 203 1.7%
Information 113 1.0%
Unclassified 37 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $804
Owner-occupied: 9,635
Renter-occupied: 3,760

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,266 votes cast

Republican 9,791 60.2%
Democratic 6,404 39.4%
Other / third-party 71 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 694 2.4%
Other Indo-European 102 0.4%
Other 90 0.3%
German 80 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 69 0.2%
Tagalog 44 0.2%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,395
Family households: 7,876; 58.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,424
Single-mother households: 719
Veterans: 1,946; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,131 26.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,788 9.2%
Black Protestant 1,346 4.4%
Catholic 728 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 450 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Appomattox, Boydton, Buckingham, Charlotte Court House, Cumberland, Farmville, Halifax, Lunenburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 40.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023