Jury Pool Profile

Brooke County, West Virginia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 22,053
Median household income: $52,116
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,643 93.6%
Black or African American alone 316 1.4%
Asian alone 123 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 20 0.1%
Two or more races 935 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 296 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.6

Under 18 3,813 17.3%
18–24 2,109 9.6%
25–44 4,651 21.1%
45–64 6,084 27.6%
65 and over 5,396 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 1.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,534
Establishments: 618

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,848 40.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,247 17.7%
Manufacturing 950 13.5%
Leisure & hospitality 838 11.9%
Professional & business services 278 3.9%
Public administration 264 3.7%
Financial activities 198 2.8%
Other services 134 1.9%
Construction 30 0.4%
Information 22 0.3%
Unclassified 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.4%
Median gross rent: $603
Owner-occupied: 6,924
Renter-occupied: 2,513

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,782 votes cast

Republican 6,986 71.4%
Democratic 2,621 26.8%
Other / third-party 175 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 144 0.7%
Vietnamese 83 0.4%
Other Indo-European 79 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 43 0.2%
German 43 0.2%
Tagalog 26 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,437
Family households: 5,434; 57.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,977
Single-mother households: 437
Veterans: 1,209; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,921 12.9%
Catholic 1,855 8.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,469 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 267 1.2%
Orthodox 65 0.3%
Black Protestant 40 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: New Cumberland, Wellsburg, Wheeling

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 21.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023