Jury Pool Profile

Russell County, Virginia

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 25,635
Median household income: $49,020
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,863 97.0%
Black or African American alone 324 1.3%
Asian alone 24 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 45 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.2%
Some other race alone 55 0.2%
Two or more races 275 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 167 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.5

Under 18 4,793 18.7%
18–24 1,814 7.1%
25–44 5,653 22.1%
45–64 7,480 29.2%
65 and over 5,895 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +1.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $903.7M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,286
Establishments: 565

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,758 28.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,038 16.9%
Professional & business services 622 10.1%
Construction 597 9.7%
Public administration 516 8.4%
Leisure & hospitality 469 7.6%
Manufacturing 451 7.3%
Natural resources & mining 271 4.4%
Financial activities 193 3.1%
Other services 170 2.8%
Information 12 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $682
Owner-occupied: 7,936
Renter-occupied: 2,534

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,525 votes cast

Republican 11,303 83.6%
Democratic 2,172 16.1%
Other / third-party 50 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 104 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 41 0.2%
German 23 0.1%
Korean 16 0.1%
Other 15 0.1%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,470
Family households: 6,903; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,313
Single-mother households: 357
Veterans: 1,308; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,565 41.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,368 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 138 0.5%
Black Protestant 76 0.3%
Catholic 46 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 32.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.1%

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: 4; 19.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023