Jury Pool Profile

Tucker County, West Virginia

Republican +48.9 (2024)

County seat: Parsons
Judicial district: 22nd Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 6,540; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,654.

At a glance

Tucker County is a 6,540-person venue. The county population is 97% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $56,204, $4,458 below the WV state median of $60,662; 23.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 21.1% of covered employment, average pay $48,659/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.3%, below the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 73% of the vote each time.

Population: 6,654
Median household income: $53,358
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 97% / 0%.

Tucker County has a population of 6,654, with a median age of 51.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 96.9%; Black residents 0.0%.

The median household earns $56,204; 23.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 6,446 96.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33 0.5%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 173 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 51.3

Under 18 948 14.2%
18–24 478 7.2%
25–44 1,334 20.0%
45–64 2,018 30.3%
65 and over 1,876 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $56,204; 90% interval $50,883–$61,525; −$4,458 vs WV · 32nd of 55
Below poverty line: 14.7%; 90% interval 11.2%–18.2%; −1.5 pp vs WV · 42nd of 55

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and hospitality

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 580, Leisure & hospitality about 580.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 21.1% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 21.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.3%, below the West Virginia state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; −0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $405.9M; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,920
Establishments: 285

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 580 21.1%
Leisure & hospitality 580 21.1%
Public administration 366 13.3%
Manufacturing 269 9.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 240 8.7%
Other services 98 3.6%
Construction 32 1.2%
Professional & business services 23 0.8%
Information 5 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 79.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%; +6.0 pp vs WV · 23rd of 55
Median gross rent: $656; −$216 vs WV · 44th of 55
Owner-occupied: 2,298
Renter-occupied: 542

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Compressed wage spread

Highest-paid sector pays only 2.2× the lowest ($50,353 vs $23,091/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Tucker County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.4% in 2024, 73.9% in 2020, 73.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,636 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 2,669 73.4%
Democratic 890 24.5%
Other / third-party 77 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

1.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (497 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 79 1.2%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 19 0.3%
German or other West Germanic 8 0.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 2,840
Family households: 1,723; 60.7% of households
Married couples w/ children: 337; 19.6% of families
Single-mother families: 43; 2.5% of families
Veterans: 497; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

46.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,342 19.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,266 18.7%
Catholic 550 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%; ±1.6 pp
Uninsured: 5.3%; ±1.6 pp; 45th of 55
With a disability: 21.2%; ±2.9 pp; 22nd of 55
Bachelor's or higher: 23.6%; ±4 pp; −0.5 pp vs WV · 12th of 55
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 8.3%; 90% interval 7.1%–9.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Kingwood, Parsons

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tucker totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	73.8%	21.7%
2020	73.9%	24.4%
2024	73.4%	24.5%