Jury Pool Profile

Barbour County, West Virginia

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 15,454
Median household income: $48,347
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,093 91.2%
Black or African American alone 273 1.8%
Asian alone 72 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 70 0.5%
Two or more races 929 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 184 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 3,110 20.1%
18–24 1,826 11.8%
25–44 3,307 21.4%
45–64 3,997 25.9%
65 and over 3,214 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $781.1M; 0.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,157
Establishments: 394

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,391 34.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 447 11.2%
Public administration 278 7.0%
Leisure & hospitality 247 6.2%
Professional & business services 185 4.6%
Manufacturing 160 4.0%
Financial activities 95 2.4%
Construction 32 0.8%
Information 6 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $803
Owner-occupied: 4,656
Renter-occupied: 1,215

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,395 votes cast

Republican 5,071 79.3%
Democratic 1,199 18.7%
Other / third-party 125 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 59 0.4%
Tagalog 39 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.2%
Other Indo-European 23 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.1%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,871
Family households: 3,834; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,757
Single-mother households: 517
Veterans: 950; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,962 32.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,418 9.2%
Catholic 308 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 182 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Grafton, Philippi

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023