Jury Pool Profile

Giles County, Virginia

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 16,610
Median household income: $64,819
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,728 94.7%
Black or African American alone 373 2.2%
Asian alone 84 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.1%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 404 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 280 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.8

Under 18 3,297 19.8%
18–24 1,176 7.1%
25–44 3,704 22.3%
45–64 4,773 28.7%
65 and over 3,660 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP: $923.4M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,150
Establishments: 445

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,389 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 945 16.0%
Leisure & hospitality 465 7.9%
Professional & business services 401 6.8%
Public administration 280 4.8%
Other services 174 3.0%
Financial activities 89 1.5%
Information 59 1.0%
Construction 48 0.8%
Unclassified 21 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $780
Owner-occupied: 5,339
Renter-occupied: 1,430

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,234 votes cast

Republican 7,102 76.9%
Democratic 2,069 22.4%
Other / third-party 63 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 212 1.3%
German 133 0.8%
Tagalog 58 0.4%
Other Indo-European 29 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
Other 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,769
Family households: 4,106; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,291
Single-mother households: 157
Veterans: 993; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,863 29.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,090 18.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 496 3.0%
Catholic 144 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.0%

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: 3; 22.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023