Jury Pool Profile

Monongalia County, West Virginia

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 106,520
Median household income: $62,704
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 93,097 87.4%
Black or African American alone 3,834 3.6%
Asian alone 3,745 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,263 1.2%
Two or more races 4,500 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,298 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.5

Under 18 17,233 16.2%
18–24 23,371 21.9%
25–44 30,015 28.2%
45–64 21,895 20.6%
65 and over 14,006 13.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.86 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.4B; 8.84% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,814
Establishments: 4,162

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 26,080 43.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,641 14.5%
Professional & business services 7,549 12.7%
Leisure & hospitality 6,530 11.0%
Construction 2,306 3.9%
Public administration 2,067 3.5%
Other services 1,705 2.9%
Financial activities 1,566 2.6%
Manufacturing 1,490 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 765 1.3%
Information 705 1.2%
Unclassified 8 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.6%
Median gross rent: $943
Owner-occupied: 25,547
Renter-occupied: 18,814

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 41,452 votes cast

Republican 21,084 50.9%
Democratic 19,265 46.5%
Other / third-party 1,103 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,582 1.6%
Other Indo-European 1,358 1.3%
Arabic 1,039 1.0%
Chinese 965 0.9%
Other 411 0.4%
Slavic languages 357 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 354 0.3%
Vietnamese 307 0.3%
German 204 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 176 0.2%
Korean 123 0.1%
Tagalog 26 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 44,361
Family households: 23,315; 52.6% of households
Married w/ children: 17,903
Single-mother households: 2,161
Veterans: 4,871; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,490 9.0%
Evangelical Protestant 7,946 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 7,684 7.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,443 2.3%
Orthodox 127 0.1%
Black Protestant 110 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 47.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Morgantown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 12.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023