Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, West Virginia

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 59,062
Median household income: $47,799
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,785 89.4%
Black or African American alone 2,542 4.3%
Asian alone 176 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 204 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 261 0.4%
Two or more races 3,094 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 771 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 12,361 20.9%
18–24 4,877 8.3%
25–44 13,422 22.7%
45–64 15,061 25.5%
65 and over 13,341 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 2.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,193
Establishments: 1,682

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,702 34.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,381 22.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,399 12.4%
Professional & business services 1,416 7.3%
Construction 1,022 5.3%
Manufacturing 936 4.8%
Public administration 701 3.6%
Other services 533 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 532 2.8%
Financial activities 485 2.5%
Information 203 1.1%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $813
Owner-occupied: 17,025
Renter-occupied: 7,388

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,584 votes cast

Republican 18,372 77.9%
Democratic 4,851 20.6%
Other / third-party 361 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 653 1.2%
Arabic 152 0.3%
Other Indo-European 150 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 75 0.1%
Slavic languages 55 0.1%
German 52 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 42 0.1%
Other 31 0.1%
Chinese 12 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,413
Family households: 15,759; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 11,313
Single-mother households: 1,491
Veterans: 3,176; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,933 40.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,469 7.5%
Catholic 1,517 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 675 1.1%
Black Protestant 212 0.4%
Orthodox 55 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Princeton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 19.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023