Jury Pool Profile

Buchanan County, Virginia

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 19,857
Median household income: $42,216
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,106 96.2%
Black or African American alone 474 2.4%
Asian alone 50 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 225 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 202 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.3

Under 18 3,392 17.1%
18–24 1,298 6.5%
25–44 4,650 23.4%
45–64 5,856 29.5%
65 and over 4,661 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +2.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,429
Establishments: 555

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,517 25.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,382 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,032 17.0%
Public administration 711 11.7%
Professional & business services 498 8.2%
Manufacturing 242 4.0%
Leisure & hospitality 237 3.9%
Other services 134 2.2%
Financial activities 126 2.1%
Construction 123 2.0%
Information 32 0.5%
Unclassified 23 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.1%
Median gross rent: $712
Owner-occupied: 6,038
Renter-occupied: 1,313

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,327 votes cast

Republican 7,939 85.1%
Democratic 1,355 14.5%
Other / third-party 33 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 241 1.3%
Other 51 0.3%
Vietnamese 38 0.2%
German 31 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 12 0.1%
Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,351
Family households: 4,956; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,674
Single-mother households: 454
Veterans: 941; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,566 22.4%
Mainline Protestant 492 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 72 0.4%
Catholic 20 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 35.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Clintwood, Grundy, Lebanon, Tazewell

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 54.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023