Jury Pool Profile
Sussex County, Virginia
- County seat
- Sussex
- Judicial district
- 6th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 10,755
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,765.
At a glance
Sussex County is a 10,755-person venue. The county population is 41% White and 54% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $53,197, $38,919 below the VA state median of $92,116; 16.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.6% of covered employment, average pay $48,798/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.75%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 57% of the vote across the three. At least 15% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 10,765
- Median household income
- $63,530
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥50% Black (Census race-alone). This county: 54%.
Sussex County has a population of 10,765, with a median age of 40.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 40.7%; Black residents 54.1%. Independently, 1.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $53,197; 16.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 26% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.6% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.75%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 55%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Sussex County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 51.9% in 2024, 55.6% in 2020, 57.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 10.5% of the adult civilian population (949 individuals).