Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Virginia

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 53,913
Median household income: $62,774
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 51,069 94.7%
Black or African American alone 910 1.7%
Asian alone 258 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 45 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 336 0.6%
Two or more races 1,289 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 949 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 9,340 17.3%
18–24 4,264 7.9%
25–44 11,963 22.2%
45–64 15,240 28.3%
65 and over 13,106 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.5B
Avg. annual pay: $48,472
Establishments: 1,578

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,072 24.8%
Education & health services 5,055 24.7%
Manufacturing 2,472 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 2,327 11.4%
Professional & business services 1,741 8.5%
Public administration 1,004 4.9%
Construction 859 4.2%
Other services 623 3.1%
Financial activities 522 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 329 1.6%
Information 328 1.6%
Unclassified 95 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $832
Owner-occupied: 16,770
Renter-occupied: 5,348

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,412 votes cast

Republican 22,455 76.3%
Democratic 6,772 23.0%
Other / third-party 185 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 947 1.8%
Arabic 131 0.3%
Other Indo-European 123 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 71 0.1%
Vietnamese 70 0.1%
German 64 0.1%
Tagalog 46 0.1%
Other 31 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
Chinese 16 0.0%
Korean 14 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,118
Family households: 14,336; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 11,377
Single-mother households: 1,008
Veterans: 3,574; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,623 40.1%
Mainline Protestant 5,743 10.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 874 1.6%
Catholic 861 1.6%
Black Protestant 378 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.5%

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: 12; 26.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023