Cabell County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 82,311 88.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,631 1.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,837 4.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,075 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,599 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 50 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 41 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 195 0.2%

• Under 18 18,285 19.7%
• 18–24 12,688 13.7%
• 25–44 21,936 23.7%
• 45–64 21,280 22.9%
• 65 and over 18,550 20.0%

Median household income

$57,512

90% interval $52,814–$62,210

−$3,150 vs WV · 26th of 55

Below poverty line

17.2%

90% interval 14.4%–20.0%

+1.0 pp vs WV · 26th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.7B

6.26% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,358

Establishments

3,370

• Education & health services 19,006 36.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,272 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,077 11.7%
• Professional & business services 5,991 11.6%
• Manufacturing 4,606 8.9%
• Financial activities 1,784 3.4%
• Public administration 1,709 3.3%
• Other services 1,124 2.2%
• Construction 252 0.5%
• Information 71 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.2%

−10.7 pp vs WV · 54th of 55

Median gross rent

$923

+$51 vs WV · 6th of 55

Owner-occupied

25,233

Renter-occupied

14,085

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $78,390/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,352/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 21,229 59.9%
• Democratic 13,474 38.0%
• Other / third-party 726 2.0%

• Spanish 1,052 1.2%
• Arabic 315 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 214 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 188 0.2%
• Chinese 134 0.2%
• Vietnamese 61 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 60 0.1%
• Tagalog 27 0.0%

Households

39,318

Family households

22,204

56.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,407

24.4% of families

Single-mother families

2,318

10.4% of families

Veterans

4,617

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 23,510 24.9%
• Mainline Protestant 13,363 14.2%
• Catholic 6,121 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,619 2.8%
• Black Protestant 2,191 2.3%
• Orthodox 205 0.2%

Health insured

93.2%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±0.8 pp

16th of 55

With a disability

19.4%

±1.3 pp

28th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

32.6%

±1.6 pp

+8.5 pp vs WV · 4th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.5%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

6th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courtswv.gov; cross-checked against W. Va. Code § 51-2-1a. Magistrate Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $10K) are separately allocated one per county and not counted here. Family Court judges (domestic relations) also separate.)

Court seats

Huntington

Traffic fatalities

7

9.4 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7