Jury Pool Profile

Augusta County, Virginia

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 77,713
Median household income: $79,972
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 69,972 90.0%
Black or African American alone 3,320 4.3%
Asian alone 327 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 161 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 78 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,462 1.9%
Two or more races 2,393 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,931 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.9

Under 18 14,527 18.7%
18–24 5,649 7.3%
25–44 18,773 24.2%
45–64 21,631 27.8%
65 and over 17,133 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.2B
Avg. annual pay: $59,516
Establishments: 2,031

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,394 28.1%
Manufacturing 6,857 23.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,162 20.6%
Construction 2,185 7.3%
Professional & business services 1,892 6.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,700 5.7%
Public administration 1,041 3.5%
Financial activities 542 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 524 1.8%
Other services 383 1.3%
Information 116 0.4%
Unclassified 66 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $1,057
Owner-occupied: 24,192
Renter-occupied: 6,452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 44,223 votes cast

Republican 32,429 73.3%
Democratic 11,403 25.8%
Other / third-party 391 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,891 2.5%
Slavic languages 616 0.8%
Other Indo-European 385 0.5%
Arabic 285 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 200 0.3%
German 102 0.1%
Other 86 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.1%
Vietnamese 48 0.1%
Tagalog 23 0.0%
Chinese 15 0.0%
Korean 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,644
Family households: 20,980; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 16,821
Single-mother households: 1,355
Veterans: 4,886; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,792 25.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,465 10.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 691 0.9%
Black Protestant 270 0.3%
Orthodox 93 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Buena Vista, Covington, Fincastle, Lexington, Monterey, New Castle, Staunton, Warm Springs, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 22.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023