Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Virginia

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 21,504
Median household income: $45,136
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,744 96.5%
Black or African American alone 257 1.2%
Asian alone 25 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.1%
Some other race alone 13 0.1%
Two or more races 419 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 306 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.6

Under 18 3,867 18.0%
18–24 1,481 6.9%
25–44 4,731 22.0%
45–64 6,043 28.1%
65 and over 5,382 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $610.2M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,964
Establishments: 407

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,520 30.5%
Manufacturing 1,140 22.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 759 15.2%
Leisure & hospitality 432 8.7%
Public administration 366 7.3%
Professional & business services 345 6.9%
Other services 96 1.9%
Financial activities 94 1.9%
Information 87 1.7%
Construction 73 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 38 0.8%
Unclassified 28 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.3%
Median gross rent: $665
Owner-occupied: 7,011
Renter-occupied: 1,940

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,057 votes cast

Republican 9,392 84.9%
Democratic 1,607 14.5%
Other / third-party 58 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 45 0.2%
Arabic 28 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
German 20 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,951
Family households: 5,451; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,211
Single-mother households: 333
Veterans: 1,075; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,186 28.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,417 11.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 129 0.6%
Black Protestant 126 0.6%
Catholic 80 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 29.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Gate City, Jonesville, Norton, Wise

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 34.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023