Jury Pool Profile

New Kent County, Virginia

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 24,139
Median household income: $120,125
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,829 78.0%
Black or African American alone 3,234 13.4%
Asian alone 266 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 158 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 405 1.7%
Two or more races 1,247 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 862 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 4,707 19.5%
18–24 1,607 6.7%
25–44 6,266 26.0%
45–64 7,043 29.2%
65 and over 4,516 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,627
Establishments: 585

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,744 28.8%
Education & health services 1,141 18.8%
Construction 776 12.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 765 12.6%
Professional & business services 534 8.8%
Public administration 530 8.8%
Manufacturing 218 3.6%
Other services 165 2.7%
Financial activities 105 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 31 0.5%
Information 23 0.4%
Unclassified 22 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 92.1%
Median gross rent: $1,653
Owner-occupied: 8,321
Renter-occupied: 713

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,744 votes cast

Republican 10,974 65.5%
Democratic 5,641 33.7%
Other / third-party 129 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 732 3.2%
Other 145 0.6%
Tagalog 74 0.3%
Arabic 66 0.3%
Slavic languages 56 0.2%
Korean 41 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.2%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Chinese 25 0.1%
German 21 0.1%
Vietnamese 18 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,034
Family households: 7,175; 79.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,130
Single-mother households: 373
Veterans: 2,057; 10.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,545 15.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,263 5.5%
Catholic 1,029 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 572 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.5%

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: 4; 20.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023