Jury Pool Profile

Bristol City City, Virginia

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 17,024
Median household income: $44,706
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,631 85.9%
Black or African American alone 1,136 6.7%
Asian alone 56 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.1%
Some other race alone 187 1.1%
Two or more races 1,001 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 458 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 3,433 20.2%
18–24 1,367 8.0%
25–44 4,074 23.9%
45–64 4,222 24.8%
65 and over 3,928 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.54 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.5B
Avg. annual pay: $46,921
Establishments: 614

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,382 22.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,173 20.9%
Education & health services 1,706 16.4%
Manufacturing 1,590 15.3%
Public administration 792 7.6%
Professional & business services 585 5.6%
Financial activities 306 2.9%
Construction 245 2.4%
Other services 239 2.3%
Information 123 1.2%
Unclassified 40 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.1%
Median gross rent: $775
Owner-occupied: 4,627
Renter-occupied: 2,700

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,479 votes cast

Republican 5,197 69.5%
Democratic 2,231 29.8%
Other / third-party 51 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 302 1.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.2%
Other 24 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,327
Family households: 4,084; 55.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,452
Single-mother households: 726
Veterans: 976; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

105.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,700 67.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,706 15.7%
Catholic 2,635 15.3%
Black Protestant 524 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 492 2.9%
Orthodox 80 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Abingdon, Bristol, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023