Lincoln County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,163 96.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 164 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 103 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 444 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,488 22.6%
• 18–24 1,343 6.7%
• 25–44 4,338 21.8%
• 45–64 5,553 27.9%
• 65 and over 4,180 21.0%

Median household income

$48,285

90% interval $42,632–$53,938

−$12,377 vs WV · 46th of 55

Below poverty line

21.4%

90% interval 16.8%–26.0%

+5.2 pp vs WV · 8th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.89 pp vs. state

County GDP

$333.4M

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,496

Establishments

338

• Education & health services 1,376 52.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 492 18.9%
• Construction 187 7.2%
• Public administration 159 6.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 113 4.3%
• Professional & business services 83 3.2%
• Other services 62 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 48 1.8%
• Financial activities 45 1.7%
• Information 32 1.2%
• Manufacturing 11 0.4%

Home ownership

74.5%

−0.4 pp vs WV · 46th of 55

Median gross rent

$771

−$101 vs WV · 28th of 55

Owner-occupied

5,713

Renter-occupied

1,960

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 79% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $72,702/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,333/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Tagalog 43 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 27 0.1%
• Spanish 24 0.1%

Households

7,673

Family households

5,092

66.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,209

23.7% of families

Single-mother families

446

8.8% of families

Veterans

855

5.5% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

94.2%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±1.3 pp

38th of 55

With a disability

29.3%

±2.8 pp

5th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

8.1%

±1.8 pp

−16.0 pp vs WV · 54th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 6.9%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

25.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4