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Jury Pool Profile

Richmond City City, Virginia

Democratic +66 (2024)
Population
227,595
Median household income
$62,671
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 98,401 43.2%
  • Black or African American alone 95,612 42.0%
  • Asian alone 4,799 2.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 506 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 113 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 11,966 5.3%
  • Two or more races 16,198 7.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,439 10.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

  • Under 18 40,063 17.6%
  • 18–24 26,567 11.7%
  • 25–44 79,820 35.1%
  • 45–64 50,137 22.0%
  • 65 and over 31,008 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
+0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP
$35.1B
4.61% of state
Avg. annual pay
$83,392
Establishments
9,205

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 49,124 29.6%
  • Professional & business services 33,063 19.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 16,887 10.2%
  • Public administration 16,595 10.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 16,309 9.8%
  • Financial activities 14,428 8.7%
  • Construction 6,749 4.1%
  • Other services 5,706 3.4%
  • Manufacturing 5,206 3.1%
  • Information 1,524 0.9%
  • Unclassified 299 0.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 58 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
43.5%
Median gross rent
$1,314
Owner-occupied
44,386
Renter-occupied
57,759

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 108,143 votes cast

  • Democratic 88,710 82.0%
  • Republican 17,041 15.8%
  • Other / third-party 2,392 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 17,677 8.3%
  • Other Indo-European 1,782 0.8%
  • Other 1,205 0.6%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,079 0.5%
  • Chinese 796 0.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 661 0.3%
  • German 511 0.2%
  • Arabic 493 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 450 0.2%
  • Korean 342 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 261 0.1%
  • Tagalog 254 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
102,145
Family households
44,772
43.8% of households
Married w/ children
25,841
Single-mother households
7,319
Veterans
10,276
5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 49,181 21.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 35,312 15.6%
  • Catholic 32,263 14.2%
  • Black Protestant 27,620 12.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 15,949 7.0%
  • Orthodox 2,050 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.2%
With a disability
14.0%
Bachelor's or higher
44.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
14 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats
Richmond
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
29
15.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
29

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Richmond City City, 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.