Jury Pool Profile

Morgan County, West Virginia

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 17,327
Median household income: $63,805
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,354 94.4%
Black or African American alone 44 0.3%
Asian alone 97 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 121 0.7%
Two or more races 708 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 284 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.3

Under 18 3,025 17.5%
18–24 1,101 6.4%
25–44 3,656 21.1%
45–64 5,255 30.3%
65 and over 4,290 24.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $412.7M; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,239
Establishments: 386

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 849 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 590 19.1%
Public administration 362 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 295 9.6%
Manufacturing 259 8.4%
Professional & business services 165 5.3%
Construction 156 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 120 3.9%
Financial activities 111 3.6%
Other services 107 3.5%
Information 70 2.3%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.1%
Median gross rent: $832
Owner-occupied: 5,994
Renter-occupied: 1,217

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,097 votes cast

Republican 7,009 77.0%
Democratic 1,947 21.4%
Other / third-party 141 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 152 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 83 0.5%
Other Indo-European 50 0.3%
Korean 32 0.2%
German 24 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,211
Family households: 4,935; 68.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,806
Single-mother households: 316
Veterans: 1,427; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,070 12.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,238 7.3%
Catholic 945 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 191 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th 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: 3; 20.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023