Jury Pool Profile

Prince Edward County, Virginia

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 21,932
Median household income: $55,082
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,761 62.7%
Black or African American alone 6,716 30.6%
Asian alone 242 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 62 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 206 0.9%
Some other race alone 30 0.1%
Two or more races 915 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,050 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.4

Under 18 3,271 14.9%
18–24 5,741 26.2%
25–44 4,853 22.1%
45–64 4,410 20.1%
65 and over 3,657 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $995.5M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,770
Establishments: 721

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,490 40.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,643 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,184 13.6%
Public administration 608 7.0%
Construction 468 5.4%
Professional & business services 436 5.0%
Manufacturing 244 2.8%
Other services 229 2.6%
Financial activities 222 2.5%
Information 96 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 74 0.8%
Unclassified 37 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.9%
Median gross rent: $898
Owner-occupied: 4,532
Renter-occupied: 3,028

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,424 votes cast

Republican 4,782 50.7%
Democratic 4,539 48.2%
Other / third-party 103 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 943 4.5%
Chinese 57 0.3%
Other Indo-European 54 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Korean 17 0.1%
German 16 0.1%
Other 12 0.1%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,560
Family households: 4,434; 58.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,023
Single-mother households: 491
Veterans: 1,046; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,940 13.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,913 8.8%
Catholic 1,029 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 437 2.0%
Black Protestant 278 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Appomattox, Boydton, Buckingham, Charlotte Court House, Cumberland, Farmville, Halifax, Lunenburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 10.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023