Jury Pool Profile
Webster County, West Virginia
- County seat
- Webster Springs
- Judicial district
- 17th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,760
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,144.
At a glance
Webster County is a 7,760-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $41,687, $18,975 below the WV state median of $60,662; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 46.8% of covered employment, average pay $43,592/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.79%, above the 4.44% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 8,144
- Median household income
- $43,839
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.
Webster County has a population of 8,144, with a median age of 47.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.4%; Black residents 0.1%.
The median household earns $41,687; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 24.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 47% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 46.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.79%, above the West Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Webster County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.7% in 2024, 81.1% in 2020, 77.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (561 individuals).