Barbour County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,961 90.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 192 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 230 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 47 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 933 6.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 35 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 26 0.2%

• Under 18 3,072 19.9%
• 18–24 1,756 11.4%
• 25–44 3,396 22.0%
• 45–64 3,944 25.6%
• 65 and over 3,256 21.1%

Median household income

$52,771

90% interval $46,702–$58,840

−$7,891 vs WV · 41st of 55

Below poverty line

19.3%

90% interval 15.2%–23.4%

+3.1 pp vs WV · 13th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

+0.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$781.1M

0.73% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,127

Establishments

391

• Education & health services 1,584 39.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 422 10.6%
• Public administration 264 6.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 240 6.0%
• Professional & business services 187 4.7%
• Manufacturing 160 4.0%
• Financial activities 101 2.5%
• Construction 30 0.8%
• Information 6 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 75.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.3%

+3.4 pp vs WV · 30th of 55

Median gross rent

$803

−$69 vs WV · 24th of 55

Owner-occupied

4,819

Renter-occupied

1,333

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $68,510/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,728/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• German or other West Germanic 121 0.8%
• Spanish 58 0.4%
• Chinese 36 0.2%
• Tagalog 36 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

6,152

Family households

4,073

66.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,049

25.8% of families

Single-mother families

497

12.2% of families

Veterans

951

7.7% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

93.5%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

6.5%

±1.8 pp

23rd of 55

With a disability

16.8%

±2.2 pp

43rd of 55

Bachelor's or higher

12.5%

±2.4 pp

−11.6 pp vs WV · 49th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.1%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

16.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2