Jury Pool Profile

Smyth County, Virginia

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 29,585
Median household income: $46,859
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,119 95.0%
Black or African American alone 600 2.0%
Asian alone 83 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 33 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 80 0.3%
Two or more races 648 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 605 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

Under 18 5,718 19.3%
18–24 2,165 7.3%
25–44 6,573 22.2%
45–64 8,401 28.4%
65 and over 6,728 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,271
Establishments: 816

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,273 28.1%
Education & health services 3,233 27.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,640 14.1%
Professional & business services 1,121 9.6%
Public administration 826 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 792 6.8%
Construction 389 3.3%
Other services 184 1.6%
Financial activities 121 1.0%
Unclassified 30 0.3%
Information 28 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 12 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $692
Owner-occupied: 8,880
Renter-occupied: 3,650

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,420 votes cast

Republican 11,521 79.9%
Democratic 2,805 19.5%
Other / third-party 94 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 420 1.5%
Other Indo-European 68 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
German 24 0.1%
Slavic languages 15 0.1%
Other 13 0.0%
Korean 10 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,530
Family households: 7,903; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,711
Single-mother households: 725
Veterans: 1,820; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,795 22.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,237 10.9%
Catholic 345 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 208 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Abingdon, Bristol, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 37.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023