Jury Pool Profile
Doddridge County, West Virginia
- County seat
- West Union
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,634
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,711.
At a glance
Doddridge County is a 7,634-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $59,779; 13.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 18.4% of covered employment, average pay $57,531/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.75%, below the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 83% to 86% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 7,711
- Median household income
- $57,401
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 2%.
Doddridge County has a population of 7,711, with a median age of 46.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.6%; Black residents 2.5%. Independently, 1.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $59,779; 13.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Natural resources & mining about 420, Education & health services about 420.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 18.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.75%, below the West Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 85%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Doddridge County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.0% in 2024, 84.5% in 2020, 83.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 73% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Vietnamese, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Spanish. Veterans account for 7.2% of the adult civilian population (472 individuals).