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Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Republican +20.8 (2024)
County seat
Boydton
Judicial district
10th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
30,747
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 30,516.

At a glance

Mecklenburg County is a 30,747-person venue. The county population is 62% White and 32% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $59,944, $32,172 below the VA state median of $92,116; 20.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 29.3% of covered employment, average pay $61,637/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.13%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 55% to 60% of the vote across the three.

Population
30,516
Median household income
$57,045
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 62% / 32%.

Mecklenburg County has a population of 30,516, with a median age of 49.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 61.6%; Black residents 32.4%. Independently, 3.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $59,944; 20.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 18,401 60.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 972 3.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,881 32.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 294 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 871 2.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 31 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 66 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 49.2

  • Under 18 5,603 18.4%
  • 18–24 2,009 6.6%
  • 25–44 6,444 21.1%
  • 45–64 8,244 27.0%
  • 65 and over 8,216 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$59,944
90% interval $54,997–$64,891
−$32,172 vs VA · 96th of 133
Below poverty line
14.5%
90% interval 11.4%–17.6%
+4.7 pp vs VA · 47th of 133

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 3,488 jobs; Education & health services, 3,096, is within 20% of it.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 29.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 26.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.13%, above the Virginia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
+0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.6B
0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,288
Establishments
1,048

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,488 29.3%
  • Education & health services 3,096 26.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,304 11.0%
  • Professional & business services 1,065 8.9%
  • Manufacturing 789 6.6%
  • Public administration 644 5.4%
  • Other services 375 3.2%
  • Financial activities 307 2.6%
  • Construction 82 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
68.3%
+1.0 pp vs VA · 93rd of 133
Median gross rent
$823
−$756 vs VA · 106th of 133
Owner-occupied
9,269
Renter-occupied
4,300

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $75,511/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,229/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 57%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Mecklenburg County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.2% in 2024, 57.2% in 2020, 54.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,266 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201654.6%43.3%
202057.2%42.0%
202460.2%39.4%
  • Republican 9,791 60.2%
  • Democratic 6,404 39.4%
  • Other / third-party 71 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.7% of the adult civilian population (1,923 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 770 2.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 62 0.2%
  • Tagalog 33 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
13,569
Family households
7,962
58.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,287
16.2% of families
Single-mother families
816
10.2% of families
Veterans
1,923
7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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
94.2%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
5.8%
±0.9 pp
81st of 133
With a disability
19.4%
±1.7 pp
29th of 133
Bachelor's or higher
20.7%
±1.7 pp
−21.5 pp vs VA · 91st of 133
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.3%
90% interval 9.2%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Mecklenburg totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 12 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
12
48.17 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
12

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Mecklenburg County, Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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