Jury Pool Profile
Hancock County, West Virginia
Republican +47 (2024)
- Population
- 28,658
- Median household income
- $61,017
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 26,663 93.0%
- Black or African American alone 563 2.0%
- Asian alone 117 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 72 0.3%
- Some other race alone 190 0.7%
- Two or more races 1,053 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 473 1.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 46.8
- Under 18 5,354 18.7%
- 18–24 1,982 6.9%
- 25–44 6,298 22.0%
- 45–64 8,114 28.3%
- 65 and over 6,910 24.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.4%
- +1.11 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.2B
- 1.17% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $52,483
- Establishments
- 901
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,882 20.6%
- Education & health services 1,819 19.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,552 17.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,536 16.8%
- Professional & business services 640 7.0%
- Financial activities 490 5.4%
- Public administration 459 5.0%
- Construction 421 4.6%
- Other services 263 2.9%
- Natural resources & mining 46 0.5%
- Information 40 0.4%
- Unclassified 1 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 74.6%
- Median gross rent
- $766
- Owner-occupied
- 9,623
- Renter-occupied
- 3,268
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 13,030 votes cast
- Republican 9,462 72.6%
- Democratic 3,360 25.8%
- Other / third-party 208 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.3% speak only English at home
- Other Indo-European 134 0.5%
- Spanish 112 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.2%
- Arabic 51 0.2%
- Slavic languages 47 0.2%
- Tagalog 33 0.1%
- Korean 22 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 12,891
- Family households
- 7,987
- 62.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,753
- Single-mother households
- 850
- Veterans
- 2,013
- 8.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
48.5% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 7,343 25.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 3,654 12.6%
- Mainline Protestant 2,677 9.2%
- Orthodox 300 1.0%
- Black Protestant 150 0.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.8%
- With a disability
- 18.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 3 (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
- New Cumberland, Wellsburg, Wheeling
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 8.58 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023