Jury Pool Profile

Gilmer County, West Virginia

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 7,376
Median household income: $50,991
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,042 81.9%
Black or African American alone 1,055 14.3%
Asian alone 14 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 99 1.3%
Two or more races 156 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 266 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 1,166 15.8%
18–24 866 11.7%
25–44 2,062 28.0%
45–64 1,967 26.7%
65 and over 1,315 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $230.3M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,564
Establishments: 164

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 608 34.9%
Public administration 327 18.8%
Manufacturing 209 12.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 199 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 157 9.0%
Natural resources & mining 95 5.4%
Professional & business services 49 2.8%
Construction 44 2.5%
Other services 18 1.0%
Information 6 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $764
Owner-occupied: 1,703
Renter-occupied: 525

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,344 votes cast

Republican 1,822 77.7%
Democratic 486 20.7%
Other / third-party 36 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 241 3.4%
Other 25 0.4%
Other Indo-European 20 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,228
Family households: 1,504; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,111
Single-mother households: 136
Veterans: 433; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,458 19.7%
Evangelical Protestant 356 4.8%
Catholic 126 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 16.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023