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Jury Pool Profile

Cabell County, West Virginia

Republican +22 (2024)
Population
93,300
Median household income
$52,828
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 83,677 89.7%
  • Black or African American alone 3,963 4.2%
  • Asian alone 1,158 1.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 76 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 469 0.5%
  • Two or more races 3,945 4.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,582 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

  • Under 18 18,465 19.8%
  • 18–24 12,687 13.6%
  • 25–44 22,058 23.6%
  • 45–64 21,843 23.4%
  • 65 and over 18,247 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP
$6.7B
6.26% of state
Avg. annual pay
$57,829
Establishments
3,362

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 18,810 36.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 8,382 16.1%
  • Professional & business services 6,135 11.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 6,090 11.7%
  • Manufacturing 4,714 9.1%
  • Construction 2,604 5.0%
  • Financial activities 1,758 3.4%
  • Public administration 1,749 3.4%
  • Other services 1,124 2.2%
  • Information 589 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 46 0.1%
  • Unclassified 15 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
63.5%
Median gross rent
$877
Owner-occupied
24,855
Renter-occupied
14,283

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,429 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,126 1.3%
  • Other Indo-European 297 0.3%
  • Chinese 208 0.2%
  • German 201 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 166 0.2%
  • Arabic 140 0.2%
  • Other 131 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 81 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 58 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 49 0.1%
  • Korean 33 0.0%
  • Tagalog 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
39,138
Family households
21,952
56.1% of households
Married w/ children
15,747
Single-mother households
2,561
Veterans
4,764
6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.9% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.8%
With a disability
19.5%
Bachelor's or higher
32.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
6 (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
Court reference
Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
16
21.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
15

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Cabell County, West Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.