Jury Pool Profile

Hardy County, West Virginia

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 14,236
Median household income: $49,302
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,809 90.0%
Black or African American alone 700 4.9%
Asian alone 4 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 371 2.6%
Two or more races 347 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 643 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.3

Under 18 2,645 18.6%
18–24 909 6.4%
25–44 3,186 22.4%
45–64 4,186 29.4%
65 and over 3,310 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.68 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,062
Establishments: 456

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,540 41.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 989 16.3%
Education & health services 859 14.1%
Professional & business services 407 6.7%
Leisure & hospitality 365 6.0%
Public administration 274 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 162 2.7%
Construction 160 2.6%
Financial activities 138 2.3%
Other services 105 1.7%
Information 81 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.5%
Median gross rent: $820
Owner-occupied: 4,700
Renter-occupied: 1,209

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,411 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 421 3.1%
German 50 0.4%
Other 20 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,909
Family households: 3,519; 59.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,725
Single-mother households: 127
Veterans: 1,027; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.0% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

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: 5; 43.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023