Jury Pool Profile

Harrison County, West Virginia

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 65,407
Median household income: $58,326
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 60,809 93.0%
Black or African American alone 853 1.3%
Asian alone 491 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 70 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 350 0.5%
Two or more races 2,824 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,413 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 13,979 21.4%
18–24 4,774 7.3%
25–44 16,019 24.5%
45–64 17,551 26.8%
65 and over 13,084 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.0B; 5.68% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,286
Establishments: 2,482

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,581 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,846 21.1%
Public administration 5,009 13.5%
Leisure & hospitality 3,448 9.3%
Professional & business services 3,319 8.9%
Construction 2,707 7.3%
Manufacturing 1,642 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,128 3.0%
Financial activities 1,034 2.8%
Other services 811 2.2%
Information 569 1.5%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $848
Owner-occupied: 19,160
Renter-occupied: 6,860

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,495 votes cast

Republican 20,480 69.4%
Democratic 8,402 28.5%
Other / third-party 613 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 340 0.5%
Spanish 268 0.4%
Chinese 191 0.3%
Slavic languages 114 0.2%
German 88 0.1%
Other 79 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 57 0.1%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
Korean 38 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.1%
Vietnamese 26 0.0%
Arabic 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,020
Family households: 15,638; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 11,691
Single-mother households: 1,278
Veterans: 3,972; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,881 22.6%
Mainline Protestant 13,355 20.3%
Catholic 7,447 11.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,479 2.2%
Black Protestant 946 1.4%
Orthodox 83 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.0%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Clarksburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 13.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023