Jury Pool Profile
Gilmer County, West Virginia
- County seat
- Glenville
- Judicial district
- 17th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,085
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,288.
At a glance
Gilmer County is a 7,085-person venue. The county population is 81% White and 14% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,225, $12,437 below the WV state median of $60,662; 18.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 37.6% of covered employment, average pay $43,669/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.34%, below the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 75% to 78% of the vote across the three. At least 22% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 7,288
- Median household income
- $47,981
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 14%.
Gilmer County has a population of 7,288, with a median age of 41.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 81.2%; Black residents 13.8%. Independently, 4.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $48,225; 18.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 26.8% 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 38% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 37.6% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 18.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.34%, below the West Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 76%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Gilmer County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.7% in 2024, 75.6% in 2020, 74.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (396 individuals).