Jury Pool Profile
Summers County, West Virginia
- County seat
- Hinton
- Judicial district
- 30th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 11,532
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 11,729.
At a glance
Summers County is an 11,532-person venue. The county population is 91% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $45,580, $15,082 below the WV state median of $60,662; 18.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 31.8% of covered employment, average pay $47,969/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.86%, above the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 75% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 11,729
- Median household income
- $40,699
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 91% / 6%.
Summers County has a population of 11,729, with a median age of 50.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 90.8%; Black residents 6.1%. Independently, 1.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $45,580; 18.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 24.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 32% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 31.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.86%, above the West Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Summers County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 74.7% in 2024, 72.9% in 2020, 71.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 53% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Korean. Veterans account for 9.3% of the adult civilian population (918 individuals).