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Richmond County, Virginia

Republican +30.2 (2024)
County seat
Warsaw
Judicial district
15th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
9,294
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,095.

At a glance

Richmond County is a 9,294-person venue. The county population is 61% White and 27% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,040, $29,076 below the VA state median of $92,116; 16.9% 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 employment sector is Education & health services, at 26.5% of covered employment, average pay $44,936/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.1%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 61% to 65% of the vote across the three. 18% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 1,627 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
9,095
Median household income
$66,304
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 61% / 27%.

Richmond County has a population of 9,095, with a median age of 43.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 61.4%; Black residents 26.8%. Independently, 7.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $63,040; 16.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 5,464 60.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 686 7.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,439 26.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 59 0.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 381 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 20 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

  • Under 18 1,613 17.7%
  • 18–24 578 6.4%
  • 25–44 2,536 27.9%
  • 45–64 2,473 27.2%
  • 65 and over 1,895 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$63,040
90% interval $55,981–$70,099
−$29,076 vs VA · 87th of 133
Below poverty line
16.7%
90% interval 12.5%–20.9%
+6.9 pp vs VA · 33rd of 133

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 27% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.5% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 21.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.1%, above the Virginia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
+0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP
$396.2M
0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,450
Establishments
298

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 792 26.5%
  • Public administration 653 21.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 598 20.0%
  • Construction 264 8.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 257 8.6%
  • Other services 119 4.0%
  • Professional & business services 96 3.2%
  • Financial activities 50 1.7%

The sectors listed cover 94.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.7%
+7.4 pp vs VA · 68th of 133
Median gross rent
$1,067
−$512 vs VA · 66th of 133
Owner-occupied
2,372
Renter-occupied
805

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Construction, $87,750/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,313/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Richmond County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 64.8% in 2024, 62.1% in 2020, 60.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,161 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201660.6%36.9%
202062.1%36.9%
202464.8%34.6%
  • Republican 2,697 64.8%
  • Democratic 1,439 34.6%
  • Other / third-party 25 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 58% 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, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 4.5% of the adult civilian population (339 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 407 4.7%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
3,177
Family households
1,836
57.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
586
31.9% of families
Single-mother families
112
6.1% of families
Veterans
339
4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

50.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,812 42.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 648 7.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.8%
±2.2 pp
Uninsured
5.2%
±2.2 pp
97th of 133
With a disability
17.9%
±3.2 pp
42nd of 133
Bachelor's or higher
16.9%
±3.1 pp
−25.3 pp vs VA · 107th of 133
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.4%
90% interval 10.1%–12.7% · 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
15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
12 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Bowling Green, Fredericksburg, Hanover, Heathsville, King George, Lancaster, Montross, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Stafford, Tappahannock, Warsaw

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Richmond totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Richmond 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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