Jury Pool Profile

Wood County, West Virginia

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 83,829
Median household income: $56,193
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 79,490 94.8%
Black or African American alone 975 1.2%
Asian alone 373 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 84 0.1%
Some other race alone 181 0.2%
Two or more races 2,619 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,188 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 17,625 21.0%
18–24 6,100 7.3%
25–44 19,463 23.2%
45–64 22,850 27.3%
65 and over 17,791 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.7B; 4.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,626
Establishments: 2,634

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,630 27.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,892 22.2%
Leisure & hospitality 4,460 12.6%
Public administration 3,145 8.9%
Manufacturing 2,920 8.2%
Professional & business services 2,830 8.0%
Construction 1,851 5.2%
Financial activities 1,269 3.6%
Other services 1,027 2.9%
Information 416 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 69 0.2%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.4%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 26,572
Renter-occupied: 9,134

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,313 votes cast

Republican 26,380 70.7%
Democratic 10,317 27.6%
Other / third-party 616 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 418 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 141 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.1%
Other Indo-European 87 0.1%
German 64 0.1%
Vietnamese 57 0.1%
Other 53 0.1%
Chinese 52 0.1%
Tagalog 44 0.1%
Korean 32 0.0%
Arabic 19 0.0%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 35,706
Family households: 21,714; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 15,972
Single-mother households: 2,147
Veterans: 5,973; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,634 22.1%
Mainline Protestant 16,438 19.5%
Catholic 5,249 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,153 1.4%
Black Protestant 130 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Parkersburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 13.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023