Hardy County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,636 88.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 658 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 675 4.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 189 1.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 71 0.5%

• Under 18 2,823 19.8%
• 18–24 915 6.4%
• 25–44 3,096 21.7%
• 45–64 4,106 28.8%
• 65 and over 3,303 23.2%

Median household income

$60,209

90% interval $53,636–$66,782

−$453 vs WV · 20th of 55

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 11.1%–17.1%

−2.1 pp vs WV · 46th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.97% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,402

Establishments

466

• Manufacturing 2,436 40.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,008 16.6%
• Education & health services 829 13.7%
• Professional & business services 502 8.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 387 6.4%
• Public administration 269 4.4%
• Construction 159 2.6%
• Financial activities 146 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 145 2.4%
• Other services 113 1.9%
• Information 77 1.3%

Home ownership

77.3%

+2.4 pp vs WV · 32nd of 55

Median gross rent

$816

−$56 vs WV · 21st of 55

Owner-occupied

4,605

Renter-occupied

1,349

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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 (Financial activities, $73,064/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,330/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 4,997 77.9%
• Democratic 1,297 20.2%
• Other / third-party 117 1.8%

• Spanish 417 3.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 53 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 27 0.2%

Households

5,954

Family households

3,492

58.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

569

16.3% of families

Single-mother families

159

4.6% of families

Veterans

916

8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,982 27.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,863 13.0%
• Catholic 238 1.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 208 1.5%

Health insured

92.2%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±2.1 pp

9th of 55

With a disability

19.2%

±2.1 pp

30th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

15.7%

±2.7 pp

−8.4 pp vs WV · 37th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.1%–10.5% · 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

6

52.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5