Jury Pool Profile

Ritchie County, West Virginia

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 8,372
Median household income: $50,256
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,129 97.1%
Black or African American alone 10 0.1%
Asian alone 75 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1 0.0%
Two or more races 157 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.2

Under 18 1,646 19.7%
18–24 529 6.3%
25–44 1,799 21.5%
45–64 2,445 29.2%
65 and over 1,953 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $715.8M; 0.67% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,970
Establishments: 263

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 721 24.0%
Natural resources & mining 586 19.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 470 15.6%
Education & health services 403 13.4%
Construction 186 6.2%
Leisure & hospitality 174 5.8%
Professional & business services 169 5.6%
Public administration 160 5.3%
Financial activities 71 2.4%
Information 7 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.3%
Median gross rent: $583
Owner-occupied: 2,803
Renter-occupied: 524

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,050 votes cast

Republican 3,473 85.8%
Democratic 517 12.8%
Other / third-party 60 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 110 1.4%
Chinese 49 0.6%
Other Indo-European 41 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,327
Family households: 2,191; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,847
Single-mother households: 124
Veterans: 564; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,013 23.8%
Evangelical Protestant 785 9.3%
Catholic 78 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.0%
With a disability: 27.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Elizabeth, Harrisville, Saint Marys, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 59.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023