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Jury Pool Profile

Wyoming County, West Virginia

Republican +73 (2024)
Population
20,948
Median household income
$48,038
Unemployment
5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 20,314 97.0%
  • Black or African American alone 139 0.7%
  • Asian alone 1 0.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 16 0.1%
  • Two or more races 478 2.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

  • Under 18 4,275 20.4%
  • 18–24 1,457 7.0%
  • 25–44 4,623 22.1%
  • 45–64 5,792 27.6%
  • 65 and over 4,801 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.4%
+1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.1B
1.02% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,988
Establishments
444

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,490 34.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 922 21.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 712 16.4%
  • Public administration 303 7.0%
  • Professional & business services 292 6.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 240 5.5%
  • Construction 166 3.8%
  • Financial activities 85 2.0%
  • Manufacturing 57 1.3%
  • Information 7 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
83.5%
Median gross rent
$737
Owner-occupied
6,615
Renter-occupied
1,311

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,565 votes cast

  • Republican 6,503 86.0%
  • Democratic 980 13.0%
  • Other / third-party 82 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

  • German 67 0.3%
  • Spanish 29 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
7,926
Family households
5,729
72.3% of households
Married w/ children
4,499
Single-mother households
114
Veterans
926
5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,703 22.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,889 13.5%
  • Catholic 150 0.7%
  • Black Protestant 76 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.9%
With a disability
31.9%
Bachelor's or higher
12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
12th 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
Pineville
Court reference
Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
4
23.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Wyoming County, West Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.