Jury Pool Profile
Petersburg City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Petersburg
- Judicial district
- 11th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 33,734
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 33,537.
At a glance
Petersburg City is a 33,734-person venue. The city population is 15% White and 77% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $47,130, $44,986 below the VA state median of $92,116; 25.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 41.9% of covered employment, average pay $59,579/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.45%, above the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 86% to 88% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 33,537
- Median household income
- $50,698
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥50% Black (Census race-alone). This city: 77%.
Petersburg City has a population of 33,537, with a median age of 35.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 15.2%; Black residents 76.5%. Independently, 6.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $47,130; 25.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 23.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 42% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 41.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 15.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.45%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 87%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Petersburg City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 85.8% in 2024, 87.8% in 2020, 87.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 43% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 10.5% of the adult civilian population (2,630 individuals).