Jury Pool Profile
Portsmouth City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Portsmouth
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 96,777
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 97,190.
At a glance
Portsmouth City is a 96,777-person venue. The city population is 36% White and 51% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,783, $30,333 below the VA state median of $92,116; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 22.8% of covered employment, average pay $65,819/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.65%, above the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 69% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 97,190
- Median household income
- $60,491
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥50% Black (Census race-alone). This city: 51%.
Portsmouth City has a population of 97,190, with a median age of 35.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 36.2%; Black residents 50.6%. Independently, 5.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,783; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Manufacturing about 11,240, Education & health services about 9,840.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 22.8% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 22.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.65%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 68%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Portsmouth City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.6% in 2024, 69.4% in 2020, 66.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 12.8% of the adult civilian population (9,074 individuals).