Jury Pool Profile

Nelson County, Virginia

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 14,777
Median household income: $68,525
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,051 81.6%
Black or African American alone 1,515 10.3%
Asian alone 250 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 326 2.2%
Two or more races 626 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 692 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.3

Under 18 2,610 17.7%
18–24 1,031 7.0%
25–44 2,786 18.9%
45–64 4,026 27.2%
65 and over 4,324 29.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $700.3M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,069
Establishments: 560

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 817 20.5%
Leisure & hospitality 673 16.9%
Manufacturing 530 13.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 483 12.1%
Public administration 279 7.0%
Professional & business services 273 6.9%
Construction 259 6.5%
Other services 257 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 249 6.3%
Financial activities 124 3.1%
Unclassified 20 0.5%
Information 16 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $950
Owner-occupied: 5,124
Renter-occupied: 1,346

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,388 votes cast

Republican 5,004 53.3%
Democratic 4,298 45.8%
Other / third-party 86 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 423 3.0%
Chinese 242 1.7%
Other 148 1.1%
Other Indo-European 75 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
German 5 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,470
Family households: 3,987; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,379
Single-mother households: 209
Veterans: 1,142; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,495 23.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,168 14.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,397 9.5%
Catholic 928 6.3%
Black Protestant 126 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.7%

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: 8; 65.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023