Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, West Virginia

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 57,250
Median household income: $77,871
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 54,194 94.7%
Black or African American alone 418 0.7%
Asian alone 450 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 295 0.5%
Two or more races 1,867 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 852 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 12,472 21.8%
18–24 4,186 7.3%
25–44 13,835 24.2%
45–64 15,719 27.5%
65 and over 11,038 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 3.6% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,360
Establishments: 1,894

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,921 23.2%
Education & health services 3,927 18.5%
Manufacturing 3,182 15.0%
Construction 2,744 12.9%
Professional & business services 2,437 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,970 9.3%
Financial activities 667 3.1%
Public administration 554 2.6%
Other services 517 2.4%
Information 196 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 98 0.5%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.7%
Median gross rent: $975
Owner-occupied: 18,824
Renter-occupied: 3,941

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,507 votes cast

Republican 19,868 72.2%
Democratic 7,124 25.9%
Other / third-party 515 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 236 0.4%
Spanish 228 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 176 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 66 0.1%
Vietnamese 35 0.1%
Tagalog 33 0.1%
German 31 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
Korean 17 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,765
Family households: 16,101; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 12,976
Single-mother households: 1,333
Veterans: 3,628; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 6.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023