Harrison County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 59,667 91.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,472 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 953 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 530 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,288 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%

• Under 18 13,769 21.2%
• 18–24 4,764 7.3%
• 25–44 15,826 24.4%
• 45–64 17,403 26.8%
• 65 and over 13,222 20.3%

Median household income

$63,576

90% interval $58,462–$68,690

+$2,914 vs WV · 8th of 55

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 11.7%–16.7%

−2.0 pp vs WV · 44th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.0B

5.68% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,744

Establishments

2,508

• Education & health services 9,716 26.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,785 20.8%
• Public administration 4,947 13.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,716 9.9%
• Professional & business services 3,636 9.7%
• Construction 2,536 6.8%
• Manufacturing 1,668 4.5%
• Natural resources & mining 1,020 2.7%
• Financial activities 970 2.6%
• Other services 783 2.1%
• Information 629 1.7%
• Unclassified 8 0.0%

Home ownership

73.6%

−1.3 pp vs WV · 47th of 55

Median gross rent

$879

+$7 vs WV · 12th of 55

Owner-occupied

19,388

Renter-occupied

6,965

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $112,750/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,128/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 20,480 69.4%
• Democratic 8,402 28.5%
• Other / third-party 613 2.1%

• Spanish 283 0.5%
• Chinese 196 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 114 0.2%
• Vietnamese 73 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 59 0.1%
• Tagalog 59 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 33 0.1%
• Korean 13 0.0%

Households

26,353

Family households

15,694

59.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,186

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,238

7.9% of families

Veterans

3,831

7.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.2 pp

11th of 55

With a disability

17.1%

±1.1 pp

42nd of 55

Bachelor's or higher

27.2%

±1.8 pp

+3.1 pp vs WV · 7th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.7%

90% interval 6.8%–8.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

19th 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

Clarksburg

Traffic fatalities

7

13.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7