Jury Pool Profile

Fayette County, West Virginia

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 39,987
Median household income: $52,672
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,807 92.0%
Black or African American alone 1,803 4.5%
Asian alone 14 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 248 0.6%
Two or more races 1,104 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 538 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 8,234 20.6%
18–24 2,689 6.7%
25–44 9,252 23.1%
45–64 10,900 27.3%
65 and over 8,912 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 1.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,615
Establishments: 1,186

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,159 30.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,028 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,608 15.7%
Public administration 985 9.6%
Professional & business services 541 5.3%
Other services 430 4.2%
Manufacturing 410 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 355 3.5%
Construction 352 3.4%
Financial activities 309 3.0%
Information 81 0.8%
Unclassified 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $777
Owner-occupied: 12,194
Renter-occupied: 3,915

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,620 votes cast

Republican 10,910 69.8%
Democratic 4,387 28.1%
Other / third-party 323 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 82 0.2%
Other Indo-European 37 0.1%
Arabic 32 0.1%
German 24 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 23 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Other 9 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,109
Family households: 10,415; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 7,970
Single-mother households: 749
Veterans: 2,789; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 6,886 17.0%
Evangelical Protestant 5,387 13.3%
Catholic 1,508 3.7%
Black Protestant 528 1.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 131 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 22.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Fayetteville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 22.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023