Jury Pool Profile

Sussex County, Virginia

Democratic +4 (2024)

Population: 10,793
Median household income: $62,821
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,354 40.3%
Black or African American alone 5,934 55.0%
Asian alone 60 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 72 0.7%
Two or more races 361 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 165 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 1,703 15.8%
18–24 835 7.7%
25–44 3,415 31.6%
45–64 2,782 25.8%
65 and over 2,058 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $439.0M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,408
Establishments: 298

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 801 24.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 653 20.3%
Public administration 600 18.7%
Professional & business services 349 10.9%
Leisure & hospitality 316 9.8%
Natural resources & mining 178 5.5%
Construction 128 4.0%
Manufacturing 110 3.4%
Other services 42 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.3%
Median gross rent: $952
Owner-occupied: 2,567
Renter-occupied: 1,138

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,892 votes cast

Democratic 2,539 51.9%
Republican 2,322 47.5%
Other / third-party 31 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 107 1.0%
Other Indo-European 31 0.3%
Other 22 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 15 0.1%
German 7 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,705
Family households: 2,400; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,471
Single-mother households: 214
Veterans: 1,125; 12.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,557 14.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,478 13.6%
Black Protestant 507 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 410 3.8%
Catholic 44 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Emporia, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 99.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023