Jury Pool Profile

Wise County, Virginia

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 35,727
Median household income: $50,740
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,407 90.7%
Black or African American alone 1,935 5.4%
Asian alone 140 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 73 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 347 1.0%
Two or more races 825 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 485 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 6,855 19.2%
18–24 3,038 8.5%
25–44 9,227 25.8%
45–64 9,450 26.5%
65 and over 7,157 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B
Avg. annual pay: $46,985
Establishments: 794

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,242 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,379 21.7%
Public administration 1,800 16.4%
Professional & business services 1,057 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,018 9.3%
Construction 324 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 323 2.9%
Manufacturing 320 2.9%
Financial activities 256 2.3%
Other services 154 1.4%
Information 74 0.7%
Unclassified 21 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.1%
Median gross rent: $770
Owner-occupied: 10,419
Renter-occupied: 3,636

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,776 votes cast

Republican 13,655 81.4%
Democratic 3,036 18.1%
Other / third-party 85 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 370 1.1%
Other Indo-European 66 0.2%
German 63 0.2%
Arabic 39 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.1%
Chinese 20 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
Other 10 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,055
Family households: 9,461; 67.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,184
Single-mother households: 798
Veterans: 1,976; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,912 21.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,188 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 491 1.4%
Black Protestant 292 0.8%
Catholic 114 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 27.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

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: 5; 17.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023