Jury Pool Profile
Taylor County, West Virginia
Republican +51 (2024)
- Population
- 16,543
- Median household income
- $56,807
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 15,813 95.6%
- Black or African American alone 206 1.2%
- Asian alone 16 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 0 0.0%
- Two or more races 485 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 167 1.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 44.2
- Under 18 3,362 20.3%
- 18–24 1,062 6.4%
- 25–44 4,039 24.4%
- 45–64 4,622 27.9%
- 65 and over 3,458 20.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.1%
- -0.21 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $853.9M
- 0.8% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $58,397
- Establishments
- 339
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,058 31.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 597 17.6%
- Public administration 357 10.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 200 5.9%
- Construction 189 5.6%
- Professional & business services 122 3.6%
- Other services 93 2.7%
- Financial activities 35 1.0%
- Information 13 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 82.9%
- Median gross rent
- $672
- Owner-occupied
- 5,495
- Renter-occupied
- 1,137
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,265 votes cast
- Republican 5,422 74.6%
- Democratic 1,694 23.3%
- Other / third-party 149 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
99.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 58 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 39 0.2%
- Chinese 16 0.1%
- Other 15 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 6,632
- Family households
- 4,409
- 66.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,174
- Single-mother households
- 390
- Veterans
- 1,168
- 8.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
53.2% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 4,395 26.3%
- Evangelical Protestant 3,895 23.3%
- Catholic 451 2.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 144 0.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.0%
- With a disability
- 20.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 23rd 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
- Grafton, Philippi
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 45.52 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023