Putnam County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 53,543 93.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 871 1.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 542 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 458 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,533 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 213 0.4%

• Under 18 12,295 21.5%
• 18–24 4,280 7.5%
• 25–44 13,799 24.1%
• 45–64 15,548 27.2%
• 65 and over 11,255 19.7%

Median household income

$80,834

90% interval $73,172–$88,496

+$20,172 vs WV · 3rd of 55

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 7.4%–11.8%

−6.6 pp vs WV · 54th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.79 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.8B

3.6% of state

Avg. annual pay

$68,219

Establishments

1,925

• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,006 22.4%
• Education & health services 4,384 19.6%
• Manufacturing 3,167 14.2%
• Construction 3,043 13.6%
• Professional & business services 2,726 12.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,984 8.9%
• Financial activities 692 3.1%
• Public administration 545 2.4%
• Other services 457 2.0%
• Information 204 0.9%
• Natural resources & mining 106 0.5%
• Unclassified 7 0.0%

Home ownership

81.8%

+6.9 pp vs WV · 16th of 55

Median gross rent

$952

+$80 vs WV · 4th of 55

Owner-occupied

19,015

Renter-occupied

4,236

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $90,926/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,775/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 19,868 72.2%
• Democratic 7,124 25.9%
• Other / third-party 515 1.9%

• Spanish 242 0.4%
• Vietnamese 53 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 41 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.0%
• Tagalog 2 0.0%

Households

23,251

Family households

15,890

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,916

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,012

6.4% of families

Veterans

3,565

8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,391 19.8%
• Mainline Protestant 8,045 14.0%
• Catholic 1,907 3.3%
• Black Protestant 1,400 2.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 200 0.3%

Health insured

94.4%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±1.1 pp

42nd of 55

With a disability

13.0%

±1.1 pp

53rd of 55

Bachelor's or higher

29.1%

±2.2 pp

+5.0 pp vs WV · 6th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 5.0%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th 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

Winfield

Traffic fatalities

4

8.91 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4