Mingo County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,420 95.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 178 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 447 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 468 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%

• Under 18 5,122 22.7%
• 18–24 1,457 6.5%
• 25–44 4,927 21.9%
• 45–64 6,107 27.1%
• 65 and over 4,929 21.9%

Median household income

$43,289

90% interval $38,256–$48,322

−$17,373 vs WV · 53rd of 55

Below poverty line

25.7%

90% interval 20.4%–31.0%

+9.5 pp vs WV · 3rd of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.3%

+2.81 pp vs. state

County GDP

$967.9M

0.91% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,788

Establishments

528

• Education & health services 1,486 33.3%
• Natural resources & mining 760 17.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 724 16.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 294 6.6%
• Professional & business services 270 6.0%
• Public administration 229 5.1%
• Financial activities 170 3.8%
• Other services 128 2.9%
• Construction 46 1.0%
• Information 9 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.4%

−1.5 pp vs WV · 48th of 55

Median gross rent

$647

−$225 vs WV · 47th of 55

Owner-occupied

6,841

Renter-occupied

2,476

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $102,684/yr) pays 5.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,004/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Chinese 70 0.3%
• Spanish 62 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 14 0.1%

Households

9,317

Family households

6,312

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,447

22.9% of families

Single-mother families

416

6.6% of families

Veterans

1,040

6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.2%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±1.6 pp

17th of 55

With a disability

31.9%

±2.5 pp

1st of 55

Bachelor's or higher

9.5%

±2.2 pp

−14.6 pp vs WV · 53rd of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.7%

90% interval 8.5%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th 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

Logan, Williamson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

22.96 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4