Jury Pool Profile

Mingo County, West Virginia

Republican +74 (2024)

Population: 22,979
Median household income: $39,527
Unemployment: 6.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,960 95.6%
Black or African American alone 454 2.0%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 66 0.3%
Two or more races 498 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 111 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 5,249 22.8%
18–24 1,455 6.3%
25–44 5,078 22.1%
45–64 6,286 27.4%
65 and over 4,911 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.6%; +2.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $967.9M; 0.91% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,807
Establishments: 558

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,476 29.8%
Natural resources & mining 1,175 23.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 755 15.2%
Professional & business services 368 7.4%
Construction 288 5.8%
Leisure & hospitality 287 5.8%
Public administration 230 4.6%
Financial activities 173 3.5%
Other services 118 2.4%
Manufacturing 49 1.0%
Information 29 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $604
Owner-occupied: 6,503
Renter-occupied: 2,510

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,490 votes cast

Republican 7,325 86.3%
Democratic 1,061 12.5%
Other / third-party 104 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.3% speak only English at home

Chinese 67 0.3%
Spanish 46 0.2%
German 35 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,013
Family households: 6,177; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,478
Single-mother households: 382
Veterans: 1,141; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,339 22.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,145 4.9%
Catholic 316 1.3%
Black Protestant 156 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 32.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Williamson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 16.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023