Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, West Virginia

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 27,753
Median household income: $55,671
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,731 96.3%
Black or African American alone 56 0.2%
Asian alone 115 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
Some other race alone 99 0.4%
Two or more races 735 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 263 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 6,015 21.7%
18–24 1,931 7.0%
25–44 6,244 22.5%
45–64 7,742 27.9%
65 and over 5,821 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,922
Establishments: 726

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,914 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,672 21.4%
Manufacturing 1,588 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 828 10.6%
Professional & business services 397 5.1%
Public administration 379 4.9%
Construction 359 4.6%
Financial activities 344 4.4%
Other services 200 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 82 1.0%
Information 46 0.6%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $720
Owner-occupied: 8,730
Renter-occupied: 2,587

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,822 votes cast

Republican 9,907 77.3%
Democratic 2,699 21.0%
Other / third-party 216 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 196 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.4%
German 91 0.3%
Tagalog 53 0.2%
Slavic languages 30 0.1%
Other 30 0.1%
Other Indo-European 26 0.1%
Chinese 16 0.1%
Korean 14 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,317
Family households: 7,306; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,874
Single-mother households: 398
Veterans: 1,938; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,014 25.2%
Mainline Protestant 5,069 18.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 801 2.9%
Catholic 403 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 21.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Grantsville, Point Pleasant, Ripley, Spencer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023