Jury Pool Profile

Northampton County, Virginia

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 12,115
Median household income: $55,933
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,949 57.4%
Black or African American alone 3,811 31.5%
Asian alone 131 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 300 2.5%
Two or more races 922 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,115 9.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.6

Under 18 2,286 18.9%
18–24 728 6.0%
25–44 2,313 19.1%
45–64 3,338 27.6%
65 and over 3,450 28.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $682.1M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,255
Establishments: 592

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,032 22.6%
Leisure & hospitality 869 19.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 785 17.2%
Natural resources & mining 736 16.1%
Public administration 301 6.6%
Manufacturing 275 6.0%
Construction 169 3.7%
Professional & business services 141 3.1%
Financial activities 139 3.0%
Other services 98 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.2%
Median gross rent: $780
Owner-occupied: 3,481
Renter-occupied: 1,857

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,832 votes cast

Democratic 3,603 52.7%
Republican 3,183 46.6%
Other / third-party 46 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 845 7.3%
Slavic languages 59 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 57 0.5%
Other Indo-European 48 0.4%
Korean 48 0.4%
Tagalog 47 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.4%
German 36 0.3%
Arabic 11 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,338
Family households: 3,386; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,391
Single-mother households: 233
Veterans: 941; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,029 16.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,965 16.0%
Black Protestant 1,086 8.8%
Catholic 716 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 418 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Accomac, Eastville, Virginia Beach

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 30.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023