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Jury Pool Profile

Stafford County, Virginia

Democratic +1 (2024)
Population
160,520
Median household income
$133,792
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 91,790 57.2%
  • Black or African American alone 30,991 19.3%
  • Asian alone 6,047 3.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 459 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 12,924 8.1%
  • Two or more races 18,284 11.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,516 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

  • Under 18 42,054 26.2%
  • 18–24 14,885 9.3%
  • 25–44 44,071 27.5%
  • 45–64 41,685 26.0%
  • 65 and over 17,825 11.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
+0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.3B
1.1% of state
Avg. annual pay
$68,734
Establishments
3,280

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 10,715 23.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 8,866 19.2%
  • Public administration 6,673 14.5%
  • Professional & business services 6,093 13.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 4,294 9.3%
  • Financial activities 3,140 6.8%
  • Construction 3,041 6.6%
  • Other services 1,935 4.2%
  • Information 647 1.4%
  • Unclassified 111 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
80.8%
Median gross rent
$1,925
Owner-occupied
41,472
Renter-occupied
9,837

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 83,123 votes cast

  • Democratic 41,252 49.6%
  • Republican 40,590 48.8%
  • Other / third-party 1,281 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 16,976 11.3%
  • Other Indo-European 2,773 1.8%
  • Other 1,633 1.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,315 0.9%
  • Arabic 979 0.6%
  • Korean 804 0.5%
  • Tagalog 788 0.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 637 0.4%
  • German 434 0.3%
  • Chinese 288 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 282 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 191 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
51,309
Family households
39,989
77.9% of households
Married w/ children
32,247
Single-mother households
3,091
Veterans
20,046
17.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 27,201 17.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 9,778 6.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,403 3.4%
  • Catholic 5,098 3.2%
  • Black Protestant 488 0.3%
  • Orthodox 100 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.3%
With a disability
9.0%
Bachelor's or higher
43.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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 countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
11
9.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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