Jury Pool Profile

Powhatan County, Virginia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 31,074
Median household income: $110,667
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,429 85.1%
Black or African American alone 2,743 8.8%
Asian alone 102 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 99 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 210 0.7%
Two or more races 1,491 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 871 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 5,556 17.9%
18–24 2,024 6.5%
25–44 7,884 25.4%
45–64 9,564 30.8%
65 and over 6,046 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,627
Establishments: 890

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 1,873 22.5%
Education & health services 1,233 14.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,204 14.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,129 13.6%
Professional & business services 1,058 12.7%
Public administration 984 11.8%
Manufacturing 269 3.2%
Other services 260 3.1%
Financial activities 221 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 72 0.9%
Information 16 0.2%
Unclassified 13 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 93.1%
Median gross rent: $1,107
Owner-occupied: 10,387
Renter-occupied: 764

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,841 votes cast

Republican 14,918 71.6%
Democratic 5,734 27.5%
Other / third-party 189 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 762 2.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 235 0.8%
Arabic 215 0.7%
Other Indo-European 180 0.6%
German 169 0.6%
Other 142 0.5%
Slavic languages 58 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,151
Family households: 8,701; 78.0% of households
Married w/ children: 7,281
Single-mother households: 225
Veterans: 2,413; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,674 22.0%
Catholic 3,056 10.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,673 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 614 2.0%
Orthodox 191 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 10.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.2%

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: 3; 11.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023