Ohio County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 37,344 89.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 699 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,390 3.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 203 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,869 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 30 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 47 0.1%

• Under 18 8,060 19.4%
• 18–24 4,160 10.0%
• 25–44 9,519 22.9%
• 45–64 10,370 24.9%
• 65 and over 9,473 22.8%

Median household income

$56,892

90% interval $51,183–$62,601

−$3,770 vs WV · 29th of 55

Below poverty line

19.2%

90% interval 16.3%–22.1%

+3.0 pp vs WV · 15th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.1B

4.75% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,221

Establishments

1,824

• Education & health services 7,861 29.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,104 18.9%
• Professional & business services 3,518 13.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,266 12.1%
• Public administration 1,799 6.7%
• Manufacturing 1,460 5.4%
• Financial activities 1,380 5.1%
• Construction 34 0.1%
• Information 23 0.1%
• Other services 9 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 90.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.4%

−8.5 pp vs WV · 53rd of 55

Median gross rent

$821

−$51 vs WV · 19th of 55

Owner-occupied

12,178

Renter-occupied

6,164

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $77,456/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,929/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 11,593 62.0%
• Democratic 6,727 36.0%
• Other / third-party 369 2.0%

• Spanish 476 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 233 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 118 0.3%
• Tagalog 67 0.2%
• Arabic 37 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 33 0.1%
• Chinese 21 0.1%
• Korean 17 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

18,342

Family households

10,237

55.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,589

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,068

10.4% of families

Veterans

2,306

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,393 19.8%
• Mainline Protestant 6,958 16.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,938 14.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 953 2.2%
• Orthodox 190 0.4%
• Black Protestant 150 0.4%

Health insured

94.9%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±0.8 pp

46th of 55

With a disability

16.4%

±1.1 pp

44th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

33.9%

±2.2 pp

+9.8 pp vs WV · 3rd of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.8%

90% interval 6.0%–7.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

1st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

New Cumberland, Wellsburg, Wheeling

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

20.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5