Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, West Virginia

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 38,498
Median household income: $55,539
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,964 96.0%
Black or African American alone 326 0.8%
Asian alone 17 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 82 0.2%
Two or more races 1,109 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 328 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 7,915 20.6%
18–24 2,877 7.5%
25–44 8,640 22.4%
45–64 10,671 27.7%
65 and over 8,395 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 1.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,886
Establishments: 704

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,667 43.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,857 21.9%
Manufacturing 780 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 632 7.4%
Construction 423 5.0%
Public administration 393 4.6%
Professional & business services 320 3.8%
Other services 129 1.5%
Information 109 1.3%
Financial activities 94 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 83 1.0%
Unclassified 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $883
Owner-occupied: 12,046
Renter-occupied: 3,504

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,747 votes cast

Republican 11,934 75.8%
Democratic 3,532 22.4%
Other / third-party 281 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 310 0.8%
Arabic 142 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 81 0.2%
Korean 58 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
German 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,550
Family households: 10,291; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,840
Single-mother households: 594
Veterans: 2,514; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,114 15.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,820 9.8%
Black Protestant 832 2.1%
Orthodox 90 0.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 24.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: Wayne

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 29.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023