Jury Pool Profile

Patrick County, Virginia

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 17,606
Median household income: $50,938
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,031 91.1%
Black or African American alone 948 5.4%
Asian alone 36 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 154 0.9%
Two or more races 426 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 595 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51

Under 18 3,060 17.4%
18–24 823 4.7%
25–44 3,354 19.1%
45–64 5,623 31.9%
65 and over 4,746 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $535.0M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,000
Establishments: 484

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,010 24.6%
Manufacturing 951 23.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 788 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 467 11.4%
Public administration 256 6.2%
Construction 161 3.9%
Professional & business services 112 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 97 2.4%
Information 88 2.1%
Other services 87 2.1%
Financial activities 73 1.8%
Unclassified 20 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $721
Owner-occupied: 6,018
Renter-occupied: 1,779

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,698 votes cast

Republican 7,746 79.9%
Democratic 1,886 19.4%
Other / third-party 66 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 467 2.8%
German 47 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.2%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,797
Family households: 4,927; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,970
Single-mother households: 192
Veterans: 1,357; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,874 27.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,605 9.1%
Black Protestant 676 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 207 1.2%
Catholic 142 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 21.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Martinsville, Stuart

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 41.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023