Jury Pool Profile

Braxton County, West Virginia

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 12,345
Median household income: $44,449
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,766 87.2%
Black or African American alone 108 0.9%
Asian alone 14 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 10 0.1%
Two or more races 1,409 11.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 102 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.7

Under 18 2,309 18.7%
18–24 821 6.7%
25–44 2,753 22.3%
45–64 3,447 27.9%
65 and over 3,015 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $417.2M; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,932
Establishments: 380

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,208 32.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 885 23.7%
Leisure & hospitality 335 9.0%
Manufacturing 314 8.4%
Public administration 259 6.9%
Professional & business services 255 6.8%
Construction 187 5.0%
Other services 113 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 86 2.3%
Financial activities 61 1.6%
Information 35 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $578
Owner-occupied: 3,751
Renter-occupied: 982

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,313 votes cast

Republican 3,991 75.1%
Democratic 1,233 23.2%
Other / third-party 89 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 55 0.5%
Tagalog 11 0.1%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,733
Family households: 3,215; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,423
Single-mother households: 164
Veterans: 985; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,623 29.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,220 9.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 376 3.0%
Catholic 260 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Clay, Glenville, Sutton, Webster Springs

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