Jury Pool Profile
Clay County, West Virginia
- County seat
- Clay
- Judicial district
- 17th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,538
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,835.
At a glance
Clay County is a 7,538-person venue. The county population is 97% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,528, $12,134 below the WV state median of $60,662; 11.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 43.5% of covered employment, average pay $33,126/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.59%, above the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 7,835
- Median household income
- $42,318
- Unemployment
- 7.6%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 97% / 0%.
Clay County has a population of 7,835, with a median age of 45.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 96.8%; Black residents 0.1%.
The median household earns $48,528; 11.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 44% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 43.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 11.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.59%, above the West Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Clay County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.2% in 2024, 79.6% in 2020, 77.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (372 individuals).