Jury Pool Profile

Lewis County, West Virginia

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 16,808
Median household income: $52,279
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,334 91.2%
Black or African American alone 55 0.3%
Asian alone 63 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 126 0.7%
Two or more races 1,198 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 253 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 3,658 21.8%
18–24 1,168 6.9%
25–44 3,909 23.3%
45–64 4,570 27.2%
65 and over 3,503 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $724.1M; 0.68% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,319
Establishments: 540

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,763 30.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,347 23.5%
Leisure & hospitality 813 14.2%
Construction 602 10.5%
Professional & business services 373 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 219 3.8%
Public administration 208 3.6%
Manufacturing 192 3.3%
Other services 111 1.9%
Information 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $737
Owner-occupied: 4,906
Renter-occupied: 2,034

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,048 votes cast

Republican 5,550 78.7%
Democratic 1,372 19.5%
Other / third-party 126 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 155 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.1%
German 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,940
Family households: 4,494; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,459
Single-mother households: 392
Veterans: 1,239; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,320 19.5%
Catholic 1,147 6.7%
Evangelical Protestant 668 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 213 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th 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: Buckhannon, Weston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 22.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023