Jury Pool Profile

Mason County, West Virginia

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 25,214
Median household income: $53,454
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,179 95.9%
Black or African American alone 221 0.9%
Asian alone 99 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 107 0.4%
Two or more races 600 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 203 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 5,239 20.8%
18–24 1,686 6.7%
25–44 5,924 23.5%
45–64 6,774 26.9%
65 and over 5,591 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 1.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,568
Establishments: 494

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,759 28.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,477 23.9%
Manufacturing 753 12.2%
Public administration 476 7.7%
Leisure & hospitality 431 7.0%
Professional & business services 265 4.3%
Financial activities 158 2.6%
Other services 127 2.1%
Construction 34 0.6%
Information 29 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.1%
Median gross rent: $654
Owner-occupied: 8,445
Renter-occupied: 1,836

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,547 votes cast

Republican 8,232 78.1%
Democratic 2,111 20.0%
Other / third-party 204 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

German 55 0.2%
Other Indo-European 32 0.1%
Spanish 26 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
Chinese 9 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,281
Family households: 6,724; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,613
Single-mother households: 305
Veterans: 1,630; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,166 12.4%
Evangelical Protestant 2,570 10.1%
Catholic 199 0.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

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: 6; 30.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023