Jury Pool Profile

Bland County, Virginia

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 6,211
Median household income: $61,375
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,789 93.2%
Black or African American alone 310 5.0%
Asian alone 17 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 90 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 41 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 879 14.2%
18–24 314 5.1%
25–44 1,794 28.9%
45–64 1,702 27.4%
65 and over 1,522 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $283.5M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,824
Establishments: 152

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 674 34.7%
Public administration 421 21.7%
Education & health services 390 20.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 261 13.4%
Professional & business services 50 2.6%
Other services 32 1.6%
Financial activities 22 1.1%
Construction 17 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $683
Owner-occupied: 1,896
Renter-occupied: 449

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,548 votes cast

Republican 2,998 84.5%
Democratic 524 14.8%
Other / third-party 26 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 73 1.2%
German 14 0.2%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,345
Family households: 1,485; 63.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,225
Single-mother households: 28
Veterans: 338; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 928 14.8%
Evangelical Protestant 745 11.9%
Black Protestant 126 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.3%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Bland, Christiansburg, Floyd, Galax, Hillsville, Independence, Pearisburg, Pulaski, Radford, Wytheville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 37.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023