Jury Pool Profile

Raleigh County, West Virginia

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 73,666
Median household income: $52,055
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 64,647 87.8%
Black or African American alone 5,118 6.9%
Asian alone 590 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 305 0.4%
Two or more races 2,989 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,252 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 15,562 21.1%
18–24 5,660 7.7%
25–44 18,030 24.5%
45–64 18,402 25.0%
65 and over 16,012 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.5B; 4.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,223
Establishments: 2,608

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,053 31.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,689 20.7%
Leisure & hospitality 3,793 11.7%
Professional & business services 3,361 10.4%
Natural resources & mining 2,106 6.5%
Public administration 1,927 6.0%
Financial activities 1,322 4.1%
Construction 1,182 3.7%
Other services 910 2.8%
Manufacturing 642 2.0%
Information 332 1.0%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $847
Owner-occupied: 21,694
Renter-occupied: 7,368

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,966 votes cast

Republican 23,644 76.4%
Democratic 6,816 22.0%
Other / third-party 506 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,176 1.7%
Other Indo-European 196 0.3%
Tagalog 121 0.2%
Arabic 112 0.2%
Other 77 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 56 0.1%
Vietnamese 44 0.1%
Chinese 40 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.0%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
German 11 0.0%
Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,062
Family households: 18,850; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 13,588
Single-mother households: 2,329
Veterans: 3,703; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,611 15.6%
Mainline Protestant 5,125 6.9%
Black Protestant 3,138 4.2%
Catholic 2,670 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,252 1.7%
Orthodox 65 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Beckley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 20.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023