Jury Pool Profile

Craig County, Virginia

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 4,881
Median household income: $67,778
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,648 95.2%
Black or African American alone 3 0.1%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 92 1.9%
Two or more races 138 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.1

Under 18 1,223 25.1%
18–24 238 4.9%
25–44 900 18.4%
45–64 1,581 32.4%
65 and over 939 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $152.0M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,718
Establishments: 146

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 258 33.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 189 24.9%
Public administration 97 12.8%
Leisure & hospitality 45 5.9%
Financial activities 39 5.1%
Professional & business services 33 4.3%
Construction 16 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $728
Owner-occupied: 1,455
Renter-occupied: 297

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,121 votes cast

Republican 2,562 82.1%
Democratic 542 17.4%
Other / third-party 17 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Other 33 0.7%
German 30 0.7%
Spanish 15 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,752
Family households: 1,304; 74.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,161
Single-mother households: 68
Veterans: 195; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,304 26.7%
Mainline Protestant 417 8.5%
Catholic 18 0.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.2%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

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: 1; 27.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023