Jury Pool Profile
Upshur County, West Virginia
Republican +57 (2024)
- Population
- 23,758
- Median household income
- $51,859
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 22,040 92.8%
- Black or African American alone 343 1.4%
- Asian alone 68 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
- Some other race alone 236 1.0%
- Two or more races 1,054 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 333 1.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42
- Under 18 4,943 20.8%
- 18–24 2,443 10.3%
- 25–44 5,196 21.9%
- 45–64 6,110 25.7%
- 65 and over 5,066 21.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.8%
- +0.5 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.99% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,466
- Establishments
- 833
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,383 31.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,598 20.8%
- Manufacturing 784 10.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 762 9.9%
- Construction 633 8.2%
- Professional & business services 453 5.9%
- Public administration 396 5.2%
- Natural resources & mining 256 3.3%
- Financial activities 153 2.0%
- Other services 147 1.9%
- Information 106 1.4%
- Unclassified 1 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.7%
- Median gross rent
- $799
- Owner-occupied
- 7,640
- Renter-occupied
- 1,948
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 9,859 votes cast
- Republican 7,633 77.4%
- Democratic 2,033 20.6%
- Other / third-party 193 2.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 94 0.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 59 0.3%
- German 35 0.2%
- Slavic languages 16 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
- Arabic 11 0.0%
- Vietnamese 10 0.0%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 9,588
- Family households
- 6,060
- 63.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,403
- Single-mother households
- 617
- Veterans
- 1,448
- 7.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
32.6% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 3,438 14.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 3,307 13.9%
- Catholic 772 3.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 253 1.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.7%
- With a disability
- 16.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 18th 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
- Buckhannon, Weston
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 15.94 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023