Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, West Virginia

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 20,170
Median household income: $48,593
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,557 97.0%
Black or African American alone 1 0.0%
Asian alone 45 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 45 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
Some other race alone 9 0.0%
Two or more races 501 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 145 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 4,477 22.2%
18–24 1,361 6.7%
25–44 4,449 22.1%
45–64 5,744 28.5%
65 and over 4,139 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $333.4M; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,630
Establishments: 340

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,161 47.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 487 20.1%
Construction 260 10.7%
Public administration 129 5.3%
Leisure & hospitality 118 4.9%
Professional & business services 73 3.0%
Other services 61 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 47 1.9%
Financial activities 45 1.9%
Information 33 1.4%
Manufacturing 9 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $727
Owner-occupied: 5,837
Renter-occupied: 1,974

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,187 votes cast

Republican 5,770 80.3%
Democratic 1,279 17.8%
Other / third-party 138 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.8% speak only English at home

Tagalog 26 0.1%
Spanish 21 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,811
Family households: 5,228; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,002
Single-mother households: 419
Veterans: 762; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,965 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,055 5.2%
Black Protestant 552 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 27.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Hamlin, Madison

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 19.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023