Jury Pool Profile
Dickenson County, Virginia
- County seat
- Clintwood
- Judicial district
- 29th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,236
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,733.
At a glance
Dickenson County is a 13,236-person venue. The county population is 98% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $50,078, $42,038 below the VA state median of $92,116; 10.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.3% of covered employment, average pay $38,480/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.94%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 13,733
- Median household income
- $47,254
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 98% / 1%.
Dickenson County has a population of 13,733, with a median age of 46.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 97.7%; Black residents 1.0%.
The median household earns $50,078; 10.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 911 jobs; Natural resources & mining, 781, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.3% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 23.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.94%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dickenson County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.9% in 2024, 78.7% in 2020, 77.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Arabic. Veterans account for 5.5% of the adult civilian population (612 individuals).