Jury Pool Profile

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 178,198
Median household income: $58,887
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 154,794 86.9%
Black or African American alone 11,085 6.2%
Asian alone 2,172 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 102 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 178 0.1%
Some other race alone 658 0.4%
Two or more races 9,209 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,668 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 35,607 20.0%
18–24 13,369 7.5%
25–44 43,320 24.3%
45–64 47,309 26.5%
65 and over 38,593 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $14.4B; 13.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,997
Establishments: 6,860

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 28,590 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 17,243 17.6%
Professional & business services 12,639 12.9%
Public administration 12,447 12.7%
Leisure & hospitality 8,982 9.2%
Financial activities 4,915 5.0%
Construction 4,097 4.2%
Manufacturing 3,294 3.4%
Other services 2,772 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 1,499 1.5%
Information 138 0.1%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.2%
Median gross rent: $879
Owner-occupied: 53,893
Renter-occupied: 22,913

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 75,239 votes cast

Republican 43,352 57.6%
Democratic 30,231 40.2%
Other / third-party 1,656 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,123 0.7%
Other Indo-European 815 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 527 0.3%
German 468 0.3%
Arabic 446 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 185 0.1%
Tagalog 158 0.1%
Chinese 96 0.1%
Korean 68 0.0%
Other 59 0.0%
Vietnamese 51 0.0%
Slavic languages 42 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 76,806
Family households: 45,584; 59.3% of households
Married w/ children: 32,464
Single-mother households: 4,570
Veterans: 10,006; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 32,370 17.9%
Mainline Protestant 21,286 11.8%
Catholic 8,236 4.6%
Black Protestant 7,402 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,697 2.0%
Orthodox 759 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (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: Charleston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 18.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023