Jury Pool Profile

Calhoun County, West Virginia

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 6,158
Median household income: $41,421
Unemployment: 7.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,904 95.9%
Black or African American alone 3 0.0%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 30 0.5%
Two or more races 211 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

Under 18 1,181 19.2%
18–24 354 5.7%
25–44 1,289 20.9%
45–64 1,731 28.1%
65 and over 1,603 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.1%; +2.77 pp vs. state
County GDP: $148.6M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,568
Establishments: 144

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 520 44.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 208 17.7%
Construction 173 14.7%
Natural resources & mining 76 6.5%
Public administration 47 4.0%
Professional & business services 41 3.5%
Financial activities 38 3.2%
Manufacturing 16 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.4%
Median gross rent: $483
Owner-occupied: 1,969
Renter-occupied: 422

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,936 votes cast

Republican 2,391 81.4%
Democratic 488 16.6%
Other / third-party 57 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

Other 17 0.3%
Spanish 9 0.2%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,391
Family households: 1,459; 61.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,133
Single-mother households: 110
Veterans: 508; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 853 13.7%
Evangelical Protestant 832 13.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 22.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Grantsville, Point Pleasant, Ripley, Spencer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 20.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023