Jury Pool Profile

Portsmouth City City, Virginia

Democratic +39 (2024)

Population: 97,299
Median household income: $58,972
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,888 36.9%
Black or African American alone 50,303 51.7%
Asian alone 1,450 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 276 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 57 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,962 2.0%
Two or more races 7,363 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,942 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 22,564 23.2%
18–24 8,864 9.1%
25–44 28,806 29.6%
45–64 22,299 22.9%
65 and over 14,766 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.8B; 1.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,867
Establishments: 1,876

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,079 23.1%
Manufacturing 9,947 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,567 12.8%
Professional & business services 4,933 11.3%
Leisure & hospitality 4,092 9.4%
Public administration 3,171 7.3%
Construction 1,971 4.5%
Other services 1,250 2.9%
Financial activities 894 2.0%
Information 296 0.7%
Unclassified 54 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.9%
Median gross rent: $1,266
Owner-occupied: 22,557
Renter-occupied: 17,121

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 41,252 votes cast

Democratic 28,306 68.6%
Republican 12,370 30.0%
Other / third-party 576 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,359 2.6%
Tagalog 327 0.4%
Other 302 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 266 0.3%
Chinese 242 0.3%
Other Indo-European 214 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 171 0.2%
Arabic 125 0.1%
German 117 0.1%
Vietnamese 66 0.1%
Korean 52 0.1%
Slavic languages 28 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 39,678
Family households: 23,968; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 13,261
Single-mother households: 4,768
Veterans: 8,612; 12.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 24,357 24.9%
Mainline Protestant 8,629 8.8%
Black Protestant 7,285 7.4%
Catholic 6,048 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,902 4.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Portsmouth

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 16.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023