Jury Pool Profile

Webster County, West Virginia

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 8,253
Median household income: $42,061
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,650 92.7%
Black or African American alone 16 0.2%
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 9 0.1%
Two or more races 578 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 32 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 1,620 19.6%
18–24 592 7.2%
25–44 1,638 19.8%
45–64 2,390 29.0%
65 and over 2,013 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $179.2M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,951
Establishments: 216

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 669 45.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 306 20.6%
Manufacturing 104 7.0%
Public administration 100 6.7%
Construction 92 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 77 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 57 3.8%
Professional & business services 32 2.2%
Financial activities 23 1.5%
Information 5 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $687
Owner-occupied: 2,201
Renter-occupied: 637

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,998 votes cast

Republican 2,478 82.7%
Democratic 479 16.0%
Other / third-party 41 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

German 20 0.3%
Spanish 18 0.2%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,838
Family households: 1,854; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,468
Single-mother households: 87
Veterans: 575; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 633 7.6%
Mainline Protestant 441 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 251 3.0%
Catholic 121 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 25.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Clay, Glenville, Sutton, Webster Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 15.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023