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Prince George County, Virginia

Republican +21.3 (2024)
County seat
Prince George
Judicial district
6th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
43,936
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 43,146.

At a glance

Prince George County is a 43,936-person venue. The county population is 54% White and 31% Black (Census race-alone categories). 10% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $80,906, $11,210 below the VA state median of $92,116; 25.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 34.0% of covered employment, average pay $56,689/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.22%, below the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 60% of the vote across the three. 22% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 8,268 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.

Population
43,146
Median household income
$84,897
Unemployment
3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 54% / 31%.

Prince George County has a population of 43,146, with a median age of 33.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 53.9%; Black residents 31.4%. Independently, 10.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $80,906; 25.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 22,174 51.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,487 10.4%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,318 30.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 776 1.8%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,704 3.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 135 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 196 0.5%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 356 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 33.2

  • Under 18 8,419 19.5%
  • 18–24 7,246 16.8%
  • 25–44 13,045 30.2%
  • 45–64 8,739 20.3%
  • 65 and over 5,697 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$80,906
90% interval $72,225–$89,587
−$11,210 vs VA · 44th of 133
Below poverty line
11.3%
90% interval 8.7%–13.9%
+1.5 pp vs VA · 77th of 133

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 34% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 34.0% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 20.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.22%, below the Virginia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.2%
−0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP
$5.2B
Avg. annual pay
$63,945
Establishments
698

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 5,293 34.0%
  • Public administration 3,195 20.5%
  • Education & health services 2,257 14.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,779 11.4%
  • Professional & business services 1,219 7.8%
  • Construction 653 4.2%
  • Other services 286 1.8%
  • Financial activities 222 1.4%
  • Information 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 95.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.3%
+7.0 pp vs VA · 73rd of 133
Median gross rent
$1,594
+$15 vs VA · 21st of 133
Owner-occupied
9,605
Renter-occupied
3,314

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $93,977/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,541/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Institutional employer scale

    Average establishment employs 22 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Prince George County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.2% in 2024, 58.0% in 2020, 56.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,596 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201656.7%39.8%
202058.0%40.7%
202460.2%38.9%
  • Republican 10,590 60.2%
  • Democratic 6,842 38.9%
  • Other / third-party 164 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 78% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

10.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Arabic. Veterans account for 13.1% of the adult civilian population (3,825 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

90.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,389 5.8%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 315 0.8%
  • Arabic 214 0.5%
  • German or other West Germanic 158 0.4%
  • Korean 134 0.3%
  • Tagalog 116 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 75 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.0%
  • Chinese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
12,919
Family households
10,066
77.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,677
26.6% of families
Single-mother families
1,107
11.0% of families
Veterans
3,825
13.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

24.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 6,192 14.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,927 4.5%
  • Catholic 1,518 3.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 544 1.3%
  • Black Protestant 180 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.7%
±1.7 pp
Uninsured
5.3%
±1.7 pp
95th of 133
With a disability
13.4%
±1.5 pp
89th of 133
Bachelor's or higher
25.0%
±2.5 pp
−17.2 pp vs VA · 76th of 133
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.0%
90% interval 6.2%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Emporia, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Prince George totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 12 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
12
34.56 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
12

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Prince George County, Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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