Jury Pool Profile

Hampshire County, West Virginia

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 23,340
Median household income: $60,299
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,064 94.5%
Black or African American alone 153 0.7%
Asian alone 18 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 78 0.3%
Two or more races 1,012 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 382 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

Under 18 4,269 18.3%
18–24 1,517 6.5%
25–44 5,006 21.4%
45–64 7,021 30.1%
65 and over 5,527 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $562.6M; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,955
Establishments: 550

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,560 36.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 786 18.5%
Leisure & hospitality 388 9.1%
Public administration 356 8.4%
Professional & business services 344 8.1%
Construction 271 6.4%
Financial activities 201 4.7%
Other services 116 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 77 1.8%
Manufacturing 71 1.7%
Information 60 1.4%
Unclassified 12 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $732
Owner-occupied: 6,876
Renter-occupied: 1,478

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,500 votes cast

Republican 8,464 80.6%
Democratic 1,890 18.0%
Other / third-party 146 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 94 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
German 14 0.1%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,354
Family households: 5,380; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,253
Single-mother households: 259
Veterans: 1,743; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,805 12.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,034 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,428 6.2%
Catholic 394 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 25.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Franklin, Moorefield, Romney

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 62.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023