Jury Pool Profile

Preston County, West Virginia

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 34,204
Median household income: $61,373
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,006 90.7%
Black or African American alone 2,248 6.6%
Asian alone 84 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 79 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 47 0.1%
Two or more races 737 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 657 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 6,138 17.9%
18–24 2,256 6.6%
25–44 9,710 28.4%
45–64 9,266 27.1%
65 and over 6,834 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,402
Establishments: 884

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,724 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,215 16.9%
Public administration 1,162 16.1%
Construction 1,077 14.9%
Leisure & hospitality 550 7.6%
Manufacturing 534 7.4%
Professional & business services 391 5.4%
Other services 185 2.6%
Financial activities 177 2.5%
Information 131 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 59 0.8%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $753
Owner-occupied: 10,310
Renter-occupied: 2,487

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,426 votes cast

Republican 11,176 77.5%
Democratic 2,953 20.5%
Other / third-party 297 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 437 1.3%
Other Indo-European 55 0.2%
German 46 0.1%
Other 17 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Chinese 7 0.0%
Tagalog 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,797
Family households: 8,647; 67.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,923
Single-mother households: 636
Veterans: 2,007; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,114 14.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,966 11.6%
Catholic 1,196 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 797 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Kingwood

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 10.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023