Jury Pool Profile
Williamsburg City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Williamsburg
- Judicial district
- 9th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 15,861
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 15,798.
At a glance
Williamsburg City is a 15,861-person venue. The city population is 68% White and 14% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $71,436, $20,680 below the VA state median of $92,116; 45.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.5%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 36.2% of covered employment, average pay $66,545/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.32%, above the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 72% of the vote across the three. 31% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 4,813 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 15,798
- Median household income
- $75,604
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This city: 68% / 14%.
Williamsburg City has a population of 15,798, with a median age of 23.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 68.1%; Black residents 14.4%. Independently, 8.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $71,436; 45.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 23.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 4,594 jobs; Leisure & hospitality, 4,479, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 36.2% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 35.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.32%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 70%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Williamsburg City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.5% in 2024, 69.6% in 2020, 69.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 54% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
14.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (898 individuals).