Jury Pool Profile

Roane County, West Virginia

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 13,921
Median household income: $45,194
Unemployment: 6.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,398 96.2%
Black or African American alone 3 0.0%
Asian alone 72 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 22 0.2%
Two or more races 412 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 164 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.5

Under 18 2,892 20.8%
18–24 947 6.8%
25–44 2,921 21.0%
45–64 3,960 28.4%
65 and over 3,201 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.7%; +2.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $366.5M; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,194
Establishments: 357

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 983 34.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 703 24.4%
Construction 207 7.2%
Manufacturing 198 6.9%
Leisure & hospitality 179 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 164 5.7%
Financial activities 161 5.6%
Public administration 143 5.0%
Professional & business services 84 2.9%
Other services 33 1.1%
Information 30 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $590
Owner-occupied: 4,264
Renter-occupied: 1,269

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,521 votes cast

Republican 4,189 75.9%
Democratic 1,218 22.1%
Other / third-party 114 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

German 50 0.4%
Tagalog 30 0.2%
Spanish 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%
Arabic 7 0.1%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,533
Family households: 3,309; 59.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,559
Single-mother households: 247
Veterans: 980; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

22.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,762 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 714 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 378 2.7%
Catholic 238 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 21.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Grantsville, Point Pleasant, Ripley, Spencer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023