Jury Pool Profile

Berkeley County, West Virginia

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 126,165
Median household income: $77,329
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 103,874 82.3%
Black or African American alone 9,046 7.2%
Asian alone 1,173 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 125 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,399 2.7%
Two or more races 8,533 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,619 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

Under 18 29,234 23.2%
18–24 9,419 7.5%
25–44 35,337 28.0%
45–64 33,130 26.3%
65 and over 19,045 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.1B; 5.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,976
Establishments: 3,687

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,483 29.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,006 23.4%
Leisure & hospitality 3,948 10.3%
Manufacturing 3,757 9.8%
Professional & business services 3,550 9.2%
Public administration 2,302 6.0%
Construction 1,411 3.7%
Financial activities 971 2.5%
Information 908 2.4%
Other services 871 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 207 0.5%
Unclassified 10 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $1,238
Owner-occupied: 37,234
Renter-occupied: 12,150

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 56,102 votes cast

Republican 37,580 67.0%
Democratic 17,500 31.2%
Other / third-party 1,022 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,592 3.9%
Other 556 0.5%
Other Indo-European 545 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 249 0.2%
German 240 0.2%
Vietnamese 187 0.2%
Tagalog 139 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 120 0.1%
Korean 115 0.1%
Slavic languages 98 0.1%
Chinese 95 0.1%
Arabic 45 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 49,384
Family households: 32,112; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 23,264
Single-mother households: 3,355
Veterans: 8,912; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 16,907 13.8%
Mainline Protestant 7,883 6.5%
Catholic 6,294 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,171 1.8%
Black Protestant 470 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Berkeley Springs, Charles Town, Martinsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 9.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023