Jury Pool Profile

Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 7,855
Median household income: $41,200
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,425 94.5%
Black or African American alone 29 0.4%
Asian alone 28 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 8 0.1%
Two or more races 355 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 68 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.8

Under 18 1,354 17.2%
18–24 499 6.4%
25–44 1,678 21.4%
45–64 2,225 28.3%
65 and over 2,099 26.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $352.5M; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,144
Establishments: 344

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 821 27.6%
Education & health services 614 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 414 13.9%
Public administration 355 11.9%
Manufacturing 211 7.1%
Professional & business services 203 6.8%
Construction 112 3.8%
Other services 112 3.8%
Financial activities 52 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 45 1.5%
Information 36 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.1%
Median gross rent: $688
Owner-occupied: 2,569
Renter-occupied: 523

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,901 votes cast

Republican 2,889 74.1%
Democratic 927 23.8%
Other / third-party 85 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 29 0.4%
Other 18 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,092
Family households: 1,765; 57.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,338
Single-mother households: 77
Veterans: 757; 11.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,347 17.1%
Mainline Protestant 936 11.9%
Catholic 394 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 72 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th 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: Lewisburg, Marlinton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 46.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023