Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, West Virginia

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 58,546
Median household income: $95,523
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,075 82.1%
Black or African American alone 3,113 5.3%
Asian alone 849 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 134 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,113 1.9%
Two or more races 5,254 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,362 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 12,573 21.5%
18–24 4,935 8.4%
25–44 14,461 24.7%
45–64 16,646 28.4%
65 and over 9,931 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -1.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 2.85% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,812
Establishments: 2,314

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,018 23.5%
Leisure & hospitality 3,690 21.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,711 15.9%
Public administration 2,203 12.9%
Professional & business services 1,770 10.4%
Financial activities 655 3.8%
Manufacturing 615 3.6%
Construction 594 3.5%
Other services 525 3.1%
Information 168 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 120 0.7%
Unclassified 14 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $1,103
Owner-occupied: 17,416
Renter-occupied: 4,562

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,156 votes cast

Republican 16,573 56.8%
Democratic 11,967 41.0%
Other / third-party 616 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,266 4.1%
Other Indo-European 413 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 347 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 142 0.3%
Tagalog 117 0.2%
German 111 0.2%
Other 77 0.1%
Slavic languages 75 0.1%
Chinese 70 0.1%
Korean 32 0.1%
Vietnamese 28 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,978
Family households: 15,101; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 11,648
Single-mother households: 1,037
Veterans: 4,603; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,235 12.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,187 10.7%
Evangelical Protestant 4,199 7.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,468 2.5%
Black Protestant 202 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Berkeley Springs, Charles Town, Martinsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 10.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023