Jury Pool Profile

Orange County, Virginia

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 37,208
Median household income: $94,175
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,736 77.2%
Black or African American alone 3,876 10.4%
Asian alone 346 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 787 2.1%
Two or more races 3,439 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,438 6.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 7,949 21.4%
18–24 2,501 6.7%
25–44 9,037 24.3%
45–64 10,284 27.6%
65 and over 7,437 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,188
Establishments: 1,030

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,082 21.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,977 20.6%
Manufacturing 1,193 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,063 11.1%
Public administration 725 7.6%
Professional & business services 632 6.6%
Construction 601 6.3%
Other services 525 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 423 4.4%
Financial activities 318 3.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $1,145
Owner-occupied: 11,411
Renter-occupied: 3,256

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,247 votes cast

Republican 13,764 61.9%
Democratic 8,274 37.2%
Other / third-party 209 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,199 3.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 289 0.8%
German 229 0.7%
Other Indo-European 211 0.6%
Slavic languages 102 0.3%
Other 52 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 46 0.1%
Tagalog 41 0.1%
Korean 23 0.1%
Vietnamese 16 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,667
Family households: 10,405; 70.9% of households
Married w/ children: 7,744
Single-mother households: 855
Veterans: 3,041; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,599 32.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,476 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 782 2.2%
Catholic 442 1.2%
Black Protestant 420 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Charlottesville, Culpeper, Goochland, Louisa, Madison, Orange, Palmyra, Stanardsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 23.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023