Jury Pool Profile
Bland County, Virginia
- County seat
- Bland
- Judicial district
- 27th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,151
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,199.
At a glance
Bland County is a 6,151-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,952, $30,164 below the VA state median of $92,116; 18.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 34.4% of covered employment, average pay $80,383/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.98%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 82% to 84% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 6,199
- Median household income
- $61,216
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 4%.
Bland County has a population of 6,199, with a median age of 48.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.1%; Black residents 4.2%. Independently, 1.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,952; 18.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 34% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 34.4% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 20.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.98%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 83%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bland County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.5% in 2024, 83.4% in 2020, 82.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.8% of the adult civilian population (362 individuals).