Jury Pool Profile

Grant County, West Virginia

Republican +79 (2024)

Population: 10,972
Median household income: $61,530
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,559 96.2%
Black or African American alone 150 1.4%
Asian alone 9 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.1%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 242 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 2,125 19.4%
18–24 738 6.7%
25–44 2,349 21.4%
45–64 3,057 27.9%
65 and over 2,703 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $618.8M; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,941
Establishments: 364

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,276 35.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 848 23.4%
Construction 373 10.3%
Leisure & hospitality 316 8.7%
Manufacturing 195 5.4%
Public administration 190 5.3%
Professional & business services 121 3.3%
Financial activities 115 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 85 2.3%
Other services 80 2.2%
Information 17 0.5%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $612
Owner-occupied: 3,466
Renter-occupied: 818

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,568 votes cast

Republican 4,949 88.9%
Democratic 552 9.9%
Other / third-party 67 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Other 43 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.2%
Spanish 12 0.1%
German 11 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,284
Family households: 2,823; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,299
Single-mother households: 175
Veterans: 836; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,811 16.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,684 15.3%
Catholic 277 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 251 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th 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: Keyser, Parsons, Petersburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 33.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023