Jury Pool Profile

Tyler County, West Virginia

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 8,181
Median household income: $58,293
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,837 95.8%
Black or African American alone 58 0.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
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 285 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.4

Under 18 1,590 19.4%
18–24 545 6.7%
25–44 1,644 20.1%
45–64 2,456 30.0%
65 and over 1,946 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 1.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,271
Establishments: 175

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 468 24.5%
Education & health services 420 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 383 20.0%
Public administration 149 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 116 6.1%
Other services 106 5.5%
Financial activities 68 3.6%
Construction 29 1.5%
Information 9 0.5%
Professional & business services 3 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.7%
Median gross rent: $707
Owner-occupied: 2,733
Renter-occupied: 418

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,617 votes cast

Republican 2,991 82.7%
Democratic 554 15.3%
Other / third-party 72 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 41 0.5%
Slavic languages 20 0.3%
German 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,151
Family households: 1,877; 59.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,551
Single-mother households: 89
Veterans: 521; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,293 15.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,148 13.8%
Catholic 182 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 25.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Middlebourne, Moundsville, New Martinsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 15.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023