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Jury Pool Profile

Mineral County, West Virginia

Republican +60 (2024)
Population
26,922
Median household income
$68,049
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 25,096 93.2%
  • Black or African American alone 474 1.8%
  • Asian alone 19 0.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 30 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 169 0.6%
  • Two or more races 1,133 4.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 316 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

  • Under 18 5,365 19.9%
  • 18–24 2,027 7.5%
  • 25–44 6,214 23.1%
  • 45–64 7,253 26.9%
  • 65 and over 6,063 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
-0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.1B
1.01% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,612
Establishments
704

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 2,466 28.4%
  • Manufacturing 1,969 22.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,433 16.5%
  • Professional & business services 622 7.2%
  • Construction 617 7.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 466 5.4%
  • Public administration 258 3.0%
  • Other services 202 2.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 55 0.6%
  • Information 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
79.6%
Median gross rent
$684
Owner-occupied
8,514
Renter-occupied
2,184

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,904 votes cast

  • Republican 10,247 79.4%
  • Democratic 2,483 19.2%
  • Other / third-party 174 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 207 0.8%
  • German 99 0.4%
  • Other 23 0.1%
  • Chinese 21 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.0%
  • Other Indo-European 3 0.0%
  • Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
10,698
Family households
7,013
65.6% of households
Married w/ children
5,526
Single-mother households
524
Veterans
1,644
7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,943 14.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,714 13.8%
  • Catholic 1,773 6.6%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 551 2.0%
  • Black Protestant 120 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.1%
With a disability
14.9%
Bachelor's or higher
22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
25th 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
Keyser, Parsons, Petersburg

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
6
27.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Mineral County, West Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.