Hampshire County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,860 93.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 409 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 226 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 807 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 140 0.6%

• Under 18 4,228 18.0%
• 18–24 1,491 6.4%
• 25–44 4,966 21.2%
• 45–64 7,069 30.1%
• 65 and over 5,711 24.3%

Median household income

$63,929

90% interval $57,262–$70,596

+$3,267 vs WV · 7th of 55

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 10.8%–17.4%

−2.1 pp vs WV · 45th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$562.6M

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,780

Establishments

558

• Education & health services 1,515 35.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 775 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 475 11.2%
• Public administration 371 8.7%
• Professional & business services 286 6.7%
• Construction 233 5.5%
• Financial activities 230 5.4%
• Other services 139 3.3%
• Manufacturing 79 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 76 1.8%
• Information 64 1.5%
• Unclassified 4 0.1%

Home ownership

82.7%

+7.8 pp vs WV · 12th of 55

Median gross rent

$720

−$152 vs WV · 34th of 55

Owner-occupied

7,147

Renter-occupied

1,496

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $66,008/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,885/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 199 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 73 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.1%
• Tagalog 6 0.0%

Households

8,643

Family households

5,598

64.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

965

17.2% of families

Single-mother families

346

6.2% of families

Veterans

1,743

9.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.4%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±1.4 pp

21st of 55

With a disability

24.7%

±2.5 pp

10th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

18.3%

±2.7 pp

−5.8 pp vs WV · 29th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.1%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

26th 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

Franklin, Moorefield, Romney

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

25.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5