Jury Pool Profile

Petersburg City City, Virginia

Democratic +73 (2024)

Population: 33,365
Median household income: $50,741
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,293 15.9%
Black or African American alone 25,758 77.2%
Asian alone 412 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.1%
Some other race alone 195 0.6%
Two or more races 1,669 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,013 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 7,660 23.0%
18–24 2,788 8.4%
25–44 9,294 27.9%
45–64 7,960 23.9%
65 and over 5,663 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.8 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.1B
Avg. annual pay: $53,542
Establishments: 996

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,950 42.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,917 16.3%
Leisure & hospitality 973 8.3%
Manufacturing 944 8.0%
Professional & business services 874 7.4%
Public administration 701 6.0%
Other services 578 4.9%
Financial activities 269 2.3%
Construction 33 0.3%
Information 17 0.1%
Unclassified 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 38.3%
Median gross rent: $1,132
Owner-occupied: 5,682
Renter-occupied: 9,172

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,077 votes cast

Democratic 11,219 85.8%
Republican 1,702 13.0%
Other / third-party 156 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,533 5.0%
Other 165 0.5%
German 103 0.3%
Korean 94 0.3%
Other Indo-European 70 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.2%
Vietnamese 54 0.2%
Chinese 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,854
Family households: 6,673; 44.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,727
Single-mother households: 1,787
Veterans: 2,388; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

88.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,341 36.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,643 16.9%
Black Protestant 4,370 13.1%
Catholic 3,834 11.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,497 10.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Petersburg, Powhatan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 15.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023