Jury Pool Profile

Salem City City, Virginia

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 25,477
Median household income: $66,716
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,389 84.0%
Black or African American alone 1,983 7.8%
Asian alone 495 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 47 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
Some other race alone 511 2.0%
Two or more races 1,028 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,139 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 4,834 19.0%
18–24 3,391 13.3%
25–44 5,874 23.1%
45–64 6,413 25.2%
65 and over 4,965 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.2B
Avg. annual pay: $63,388
Establishments: 1,123

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,809 33.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,990 19.5%
Manufacturing 2,708 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,922 9.4%
Professional & business services 1,822 8.9%
Financial activities 630 3.1%
Public administration 624 3.0%
Other services 599 2.9%
Construction 351 1.7%
Information 131 0.6%
Unclassified 34 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.5%
Median gross rent: $1,046
Owner-occupied: 6,441
Renter-occupied: 3,699

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,148 votes cast

Republican 7,769 59.1%
Democratic 5,237 39.8%
Other / third-party 142 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 591 2.4%
Other Indo-European 150 0.6%
German 118 0.5%
Tagalog 86 0.4%
Arabic 71 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 51 0.2%
Chinese 39 0.2%
Slavic languages 21 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.1%
Other 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 7 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,140
Family households: 6,291; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 4,353
Single-mother households: 706
Veterans: 1,474; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,707 38.3%
Mainline Protestant 4,877 19.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,511 9.9%
Catholic 1,818 7.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Roanoke, Salem

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023