Jury Pool Profile

Doddridge County, West Virginia

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 7,767
Median household income: $61,164
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,258 93.4%
Black or African American alone 199 2.6%
Asian alone 15 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 43 0.6%
Two or more races 240 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 111 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 1,200 15.4%
18–24 748 9.6%
25–44 1,927 24.8%
45–64 2,252 29.0%
65 and over 1,640 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $665.2M; 0.62% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,753
Establishments: 129

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 421 26.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 296 18.9%
Construction 264 16.9%
Public administration 244 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 56 3.6%
Financial activities 43 2.7%
Professional & business services 27 1.7%
Information 23 1.5%
Other services 18 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 88.5%
Median gross rent: $827
Owner-occupied: 2,137
Renter-occupied: 278

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,956 votes cast

Republican 2,541 86.0%
Democratic 374 12.7%
Other / third-party 41 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Vietnamese 45 0.6%
Slavic languages 38 0.5%
German 17 0.2%
Spanish 15 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,415
Family households: 1,736; 71.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,434
Single-mother households: 124
Veterans: 585; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 944 12.1%
Mainline Protestant 771 9.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 165 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Elizabeth, Harrisville, Saint Marys, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 45.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023