Jury Pool Profile

Pulaski County, Virginia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 33,771
Median household income: $60,767
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,781 91.1%
Black or African American alone 1,558 4.6%
Asian alone 193 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 86 0.3%
Some other race alone 186 0.6%
Two or more races 961 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 725 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 6,033 17.9%
18–24 2,281 6.8%
25–44 7,842 23.2%
45–64 9,959 29.5%
65 and over 7,656 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.89 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,746
Establishments: 882

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,118 34.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,274 21.9%
Education & health services 2,528 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,205 8.1%
Professional & business services 1,002 6.7%
Public administration 636 4.3%
Other services 480 3.2%
Construction 346 2.3%
Financial activities 217 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 73 0.5%
Information 12 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $815
Owner-occupied: 10,380
Renter-occupied: 4,006

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,690 votes cast

Republican 12,732 72.0%
Democratic 4,830 27.3%
Other / third-party 128 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 489 1.5%
German 120 0.4%
Other 66 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 57 0.2%
Korean 43 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 43 0.1%
Arabic 39 0.1%
Other Indo-European 38 0.1%
Chinese 34 0.1%
Slavic languages 28 0.1%
Vietnamese 28 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,386
Family households: 8,850; 61.5% of households
Married w/ children: 6,587
Single-mother households: 482
Veterans: 2,410; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,819 17.2%
Mainline Protestant 4,655 13.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 698 2.1%
Catholic 195 0.6%
Black Protestant 132 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

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: 1; 3.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023