Jury Pool Profile

Ohio County, West Virginia

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 41,904
Median household income: $57,867
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,009 90.7%
Black or African American alone 1,356 3.2%
Asian alone 181 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 185 0.4%
Two or more races 2,131 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 664 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 8,236 19.7%
18–24 4,131 9.9%
25–44 9,528 22.7%
45–64 10,648 25.4%
65 and over 9,361 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.1B; 4.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,864
Establishments: 1,794

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,648 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,210 19.2%
Professional & business services 3,579 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 3,352 12.4%
Public administration 1,796 6.6%
Financial activities 1,457 5.4%
Manufacturing 1,090 4.0%
Other services 997 3.7%
Construction 910 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 762 2.8%
Information 298 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 12,215
Renter-occupied: 5,917

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,689 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 420 1.1%
Other Indo-European 409 1.0%
German 228 0.6%
Tagalog 82 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.2%
Arabic 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 36 0.1%
Other 31 0.1%
Slavic languages 30 0.1%
Korean 23 0.1%
Chinese 13 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,132
Family households: 10,351; 57.1% of households
Married w/ children: 7,541
Single-mother households: 1,009
Veterans: 2,473; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 5.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023