Jury Pool Profile

Summers County, West Virginia

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 11,833
Median household income: $42,544
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,874 91.9%
Black or African American alone 677 5.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 9 0.1%
Two or more races 252 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 142 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.4

Under 18 1,897 16.0%
18–24 638 5.4%
25–44 2,609 22.0%
45–64 3,520 29.7%
65 and over 3,169 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $271.2M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,494
Establishments: 269

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 735 33.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 502 23.1%
Public administration 352 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 159 7.3%
Professional & business services 132 6.1%
Construction 109 5.0%
Financial activities 64 3.0%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $922
Owner-occupied: 3,892
Renter-occupied: 921

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,264 votes cast

Republican 3,931 74.7%
Democratic 1,226 23.3%
Other / third-party 107 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 99 0.9%
Other Indo-European 31 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
German 9 0.1%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,813
Family households: 2,622; 54.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,869
Single-mother households: 121
Veterans: 1,014; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,725 14.4%
Mainline Protestant 589 4.9%
Catholic 312 2.6%
Black Protestant 226 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 134 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 27.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Hinton, Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 40.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023