Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, West Virginia

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 56,042
Median household income: $67,537
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 51,567 92.0%
Black or African American alone 1,455 2.6%
Asian alone 239 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 283 0.5%
Two or more races 2,484 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 878 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 11,194 20.0%
18–24 6,124 10.9%
25–44 13,633 24.3%
45–64 13,996 25.0%
65 and over 11,095 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 2.86% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,020
Establishments: 1,724

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,914 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,110 23.3%
Professional & business services 2,047 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,986 11.3%
Public administration 885 5.0%
Construction 867 4.9%
Natural resources & mining 786 4.5%
Other services 704 4.0%
Manufacturing 635 3.6%
Financial activities 550 3.1%
Information 127 0.7%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $901
Owner-occupied: 17,411
Renter-occupied: 5,554

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,634 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 297 0.6%
German 207 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 120 0.2%
Other Indo-European 92 0.2%
Other 86 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.1%
Slavic languages 32 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,965
Family households: 14,927; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 11,520
Single-mother households: 930
Veterans: 3,351; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Fairmont

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 11.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023