Marion County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 50,891 91.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 919 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,424 2.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 323 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,197 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 143 0.3%

• Under 18 11,105 19.9%
• 18–24 6,063 10.8%
• 25–44 13,715 24.5%
• 45–64 13,790 24.7%
• 65 and over 11,236 20.1%

Median household income

$61,504

90% interval $56,924–$66,084

+$842 vs WV · 16th of 55

Below poverty line

14.7%

90% interval 12.3%–17.1%

−1.5 pp vs WV · 41st of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

2.86% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,960

Establishments

1,756

• Education & health services 4,979 28.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,118 23.7%
• Professional & business services 1,866 10.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,829 10.5%
• Natural resources & mining 910 5.2%
• Public administration 888 5.1%
• Other services 640 3.7%
• Construction 38 0.2%
• Information 34 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.7%

+1.8 pp vs WV · 37th of 55

Median gross rent

$932

+$60 vs WV · 5th of 55

Owner-occupied

17,897

Renter-occupied

5,442

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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, $96,553/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,546/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 15,881 64.5%
• Democratic 8,185 33.2%
• Other / third-party 568 2.3%

• Spanish 347 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 156 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 78 0.1%
• Arabic 17 0.0%
• Korean 8 0.0%
• Chinese 7 0.0%

Households

23,339

Family households

14,771

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,724

25.2% of families

Single-mother families

954

6.5% of families

Veterans

3,008

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 12,261 21.8%
• Mainline Protestant 7,675 13.7%
• Catholic 4,746 8.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,381 2.5%
• Black Protestant 202 0.4%
• Orthodox 12 0.0%

Health insured

93.3%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±1.3 pp

20th of 55

With a disability

18.5%

±1.3 pp

34th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

27.2%

±1.9 pp

+3.1 pp vs WV · 8th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

20th 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

Fairmont

Traffic fatalities

3

6.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3