Jury Pool Profile

Wirt County, West Virginia

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 5,131
Median household income: $54,688
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,970 96.9%
Black or African American alone 11 0.2%
Asian alone 8 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 142 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

Under 18 1,096 21.4%
18–24 304 5.9%
25–44 1,111 21.7%
45–64 1,479 28.8%
65 and over 1,141 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.86 pp vs. state
County GDP: $92.8M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,896
Establishments: 106

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 306 43.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 139 19.6%
Public administration 73 10.3%
Construction 70 9.9%
Natural resources & mining 9 1.3%
Professional & business services 3 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.3%
Median gross rent: $575
Owner-occupied: 1,787
Renter-occupied: 284

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,581 votes cast

Republican 2,120 82.1%
Democratic 409 15.8%
Other / third-party 52 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Korean 31 0.6%
Spanish 11 0.2%
German 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,071
Family households: 1,453; 70.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,127
Single-mother households: 98
Veterans: 369; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,238 23.8%
Evangelical Protestant 391 7.5%
Catholic 104 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Elizabeth, Harrisville, Saint Marys, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023