Jury Pool Profile
Stafford County, Virginia
- County seat
- Stafford
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 170,803
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 163,466.
At a glance
Stafford County is a 170,803-person venue. The county population is 54% White and 20% Black (Census race-alone categories). 17% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $134,781, $42,665 above the VA state median of $92,116; 43.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.1%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.4% of covered employment, average pay $44,555/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.67%, above the 3.66% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 163,466
- Median household income
- $137,807
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 54% / 20%.
Stafford County has a population of 163,466, with a median age of 36.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 54.2%; Black residents 19.9%. Independently, 16.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $134,781; 43.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 5.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 13,027 jobs; Education & health services, 11,174, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.67%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Stafford County was carried by the Democratic candidate with 49.6% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 50.5% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 51.8% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 78% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.9% 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 17.1% of the adult civilian population (19,818 individuals).