Jury Pool Profile

Wetzel County, West Virginia

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 14,233
Median household income: $53,341
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,593 95.5%
Black or African American alone 66 0.5%
Asian alone 18 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 59 0.4%
Two or more races 497 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 255 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.6

Under 18 3,036 21.3%
18–24 1,046 7.3%
25–44 2,987 21.0%
45–64 3,927 27.6%
65 and over 3,237 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +1.8 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 1.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,398
Establishments: 453

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,247 25.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,130 23.2%
Manufacturing 534 10.9%
Natural resources & mining 496 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 440 9.0%
Public administration 281 5.8%
Construction 277 5.7%
Professional & business services 148 3.0%
Other services 126 2.6%
Financial activities 124 2.5%
Information 76 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.4%
Median gross rent: $703
Owner-occupied: 4,881
Renter-occupied: 1,044

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,168 votes cast

Republican 4,718 76.5%
Democratic 1,294 21.0%
Other / third-party 156 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 34 0.3%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
German 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,925
Family households: 3,623; 61.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,734
Single-mother households: 164
Veterans: 900; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,094 21.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,228 15.4%
Catholic 988 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 337 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 22.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

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: 2; 17.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023