Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, West Virginia

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 12,401
Median household income: $54,508
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,938 96.3%
Black or African American alone 161 1.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 12 0.1%
Two or more races 290 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 100 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.7

Under 18 2,568 20.7%
18–24 804 6.5%
25–44 2,502 20.2%
45–64 3,444 27.8%
65 and over 3,083 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $309.4M; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,016
Establishments: 317

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 729 35.6%
Manufacturing 405 19.8%
Public administration 264 12.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 164 8.0%
Construction 139 6.8%
Professional & business services 86 4.2%
Leisure & hospitality 82 4.0%
Financial activities 69 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 43 2.1%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.6%
Median gross rent: $677
Owner-occupied: 3,914
Renter-occupied: 822

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,367 votes cast

Republican 5,089 79.9%
Democratic 1,155 18.1%
Other / third-party 123 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 30 0.3%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,736
Family households: 3,062; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,269
Single-mother households: 228
Veterans: 902; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,637 13.2%
Evangelical Protestant 1,177 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 253 2.0%
Black Protestant 150 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 21.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th 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: Hinton, Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 40.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023