Jury Pool Profile

Nicholas County, West Virginia

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 24,446
Median household income: $49,280
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,639 96.7%
Black or African American alone 74 0.3%
Asian alone 134 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 91 0.4%
Two or more races 499 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 130 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46

Under 18 5,048 20.6%
18–24 1,470 6.0%
25–44 5,387 22.0%
45–64 6,782 27.7%
65 and over 5,759 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $883.2M; 0.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,930
Establishments: 827

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,974 27.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,880 25.7%
Leisure & hospitality 814 11.1%
Manufacturing 648 8.9%
Professional & business services 603 8.2%
Natural resources & mining 426 5.8%
Construction 319 4.4%
Public administration 303 4.1%
Financial activities 164 2.2%
Other services 127 1.7%
Information 60 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $669
Owner-occupied: 7,894
Renter-occupied: 1,701

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,037 votes cast

Republican 7,960 79.3%
Democratic 1,919 19.1%
Other / third-party 158 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Tagalog 66 0.3%
Chinese 61 0.3%
Other Indo-European 49 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.2%
Slavic languages 34 0.1%
Spanish 22 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,595
Family households: 6,225; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,994
Single-mother households: 327
Veterans: 1,591; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,869 15.7%
Evangelical Protestant 3,736 15.2%
Catholic 824 3.3%
Black Protestant 566 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 450 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 22.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Summersville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 36.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023