Jury Pool Profile

Marshall County, West Virginia

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 30,129
Median household income: $60,329
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,376 94.2%
Black or African American alone 80 0.3%
Asian alone 113 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 35 0.1%
Some other race alone 324 1.1%
Two or more races 1,193 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 335 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

Under 18 5,731 19.0%
18–24 1,943 6.4%
25–44 6,926 23.0%
45–64 8,536 28.3%
65 and over 6,993 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 3.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,055
Establishments: 682

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,523 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,902 18.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,684 16.0%
Construction 1,024 9.7%
Leisure & hospitality 942 8.9%
Manufacturing 786 7.5%
Public administration 691 6.6%
Professional & business services 360 3.4%
Other services 345 3.3%
Financial activities 258 2.4%
Information 34 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 9,867
Renter-occupied: 2,622

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,233 votes cast

Republican 9,808 74.1%
Democratic 3,186 24.1%
Other / third-party 239 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 255 0.9%
German 97 0.3%
Other Indo-European 57 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.2%
Other 12 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,489
Family households: 8,466; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 6,244
Single-mother households: 738
Veterans: 1,737; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,408 14.4%
Mainline Protestant 3,758 12.3%
Evangelical Protestant 2,938 9.6%
Black Protestant 202 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 122 0.4%
Orthodox 12 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Middlebourne, Moundsville, New Martinsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023