Jury Pool Profile

Pleasants County, West Virginia

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 7,572
Median household income: $61,038
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,170 94.7%
Black or African American alone 35 0.5%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 153 2.0%
Two or more races 194 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 234 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 1,486 19.6%
18–24 600 7.9%
25–44 1,857 24.5%
45–64 2,226 29.4%
65 and over 1,403 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $574.9M; 0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,850
Establishments: 190

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 544 21.8%
Education & health services 517 20.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 395 15.8%
Public administration 315 12.6%
Professional & business services 186 7.5%
Leisure & hospitality 127 5.1%
Financial activities 76 3.0%
Information 42 1.7%
Other services 31 1.2%
Construction 21 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $700
Owner-occupied: 2,288
Renter-occupied: 491

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,348 votes cast

Republican 2,632 78.6%
Democratic 656 19.6%
Other / third-party 60 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 33 0.5%
Other Indo-European 27 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.2%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,779
Family households: 1,918; 69.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,460
Single-mother households: 199
Veterans: 646; 10.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,019 13.3%
Mainline Protestant 775 10.1%
Catholic 243 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Elizabeth, Harrisville, Saint Marys, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023