Jury Pool Profile
Monroe County, West Virginia
- County seat
- Union
- Judicial district
- 30th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 12,491
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 12,386.
At a glance
Monroe County is a 12,491-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $56,789, $3,873 below the WV state median of $60,662; 15.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 33.3% of covered employment, average pay $44,014/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.65%, above the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 12,386
- Median household income
- $56,750
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 1%.
Monroe County has a population of 12,386, with a median age of 46.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.4%; Black residents 1.5%.
The median household earns $56,789; 15.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 33% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 33.3% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 18.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.65%, above the West Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Monroe County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.9% in 2024, 78.1% in 2020, 76.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.7% of the adult civilian population (748 individuals).