Jury Pool Profile
Clay County, West Virginia
Republican +62 (2024)
- Population
- 7,946
- Median household income
- $42,790
- Unemployment
- 7.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 7,714 97.1%
- Black or African American alone 2 0.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 0 0.0%
- Two or more races 225 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.3
- Under 18 1,752 22.0%
- 18–24 733 9.2%
- 25–44 1,467 18.5%
- 45–64 2,267 28.5%
- 65 and over 1,727 21.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 7.6%
- +3.26 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $213.3M
- 0.2% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,390
- Establishments
- 200
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 699 41.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 208 12.3%
- Construction 126 7.4%
- Public administration 96 5.7%
- Professional & business services 65 3.8%
- Other services 55 3.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 48 2.8%
- Financial activities 30 1.8%
- Information 25 1.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.0%
- Median gross rent
- $589
- Owner-occupied
- 2,337
- Renter-occupied
- 623
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,240 votes cast
- Republican 2,597 80.2%
- Democratic 580 17.9%
- Other / third-party 63 1.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
99.3% speak only English at home
- Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.5%
- German 20 0.3%
- Spanish 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,960
- Family households
- 2,016
- 68.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,528
- Single-mother households
- 163
- Veterans
- 545
- 8.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
26.9% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 1,375 17.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 584 7.3%
- Black Protestant 126 1.6%
- Catholic 82 1.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.6%
- With a disability
- 23.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 11.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 16.14 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023