Jury Pool Profile

Southampton County, Virginia

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 17,988
Median household income: $68,465
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,019 61.3%
Black or African American alone 5,362 29.8%
Asian alone 130 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 73 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 69 0.4%
Two or more races 1,335 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 414 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 3,444 19.1%
18–24 1,244 6.9%
25–44 3,771 21.0%
45–64 5,678 31.6%
65 and over 3,851 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B
Avg. annual pay: $48,968
Establishments: 346

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 841 23.4%
Public administration 808 22.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 778 21.7%
Manufacturing 366 10.2%
Professional & business services 172 4.8%
Natural resources & mining 164 4.6%
Leisure & hospitality 151 4.2%
Construction 108 3.0%
Financial activities 76 2.1%
Other services 62 1.7%
Information 50 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $930
Owner-occupied: 5,152
Renter-occupied: 1,735

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,831 votes cast

Republican 6,133 62.4%
Democratic 3,626 36.9%
Other / third-party 72 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 227 1.3%
German 86 0.5%
Other Indo-European 59 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,887
Family households: 4,732; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,320
Single-mother households: 389
Veterans: 1,701; 11.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,213 29.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,337 13.0%
Black Protestant 1,111 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 59 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Courtland, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Suffolk

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 20.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023