Allegany County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 57,908 85.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,328 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,594 6.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 708 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,421 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 116 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 349 0.5%

• Under 18 12,032 17.8%
• 18–24 7,682 11.4%
• 25–44 16,598 24.6%
• 45–64 16,878 25.0%
• 65 and over 14,262 21.1%

Median household income

$63,215

90% interval $59,431–$66,999

−$39,620 vs MD · 23rd of 24

Below poverty line

16.6%

90% interval 13.5%–19.7%

+7.4 pp vs MD · 3rd of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+1.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.5B

0.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,825

Establishments

1,561

• Education & health services 7,883 29.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,644 21.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,458 13.1%
• Public administration 1,331 5.0%
• Manufacturing 1,288 4.9%
• Professional & business services 1,288 4.9%
• Other services 863 3.3%

The sectors listed cover 82.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.7%

+3.1 pp vs MD · 17th of 24

Median gross rent

$805

−$900 vs MD · 23rd of 24

Owner-occupied

19,363

Renter-occupied

8,019

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $68,143/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,893/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 22,141 69.2%
• Democratic 9,231 28.8%
• Other / third-party 629 2.0%

• Spanish 891 1.4%
• Chinese 264 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 210 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 119 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 67 0.1%
• Arabic 47 0.1%
• Vietnamese 38 0.1%
• Tagalog 29 0.0%
• Korean 11 0.0%

Households

27,382

Family households

15,656

57.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,454

22.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,659

10.6% of families

Veterans

4,463

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 9,551 14.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 9,034 13.3%
• Catholic 7,420 10.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,492 2.2%
• Black Protestant 342 0.5%

Health insured

96.2%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

3.8%

±0.6 pp

19th of 24

With a disability

21.1%

±1.2 pp

1st of 24

Bachelor's or higher

21.1%

±1.2 pp

−22.3 pp vs MD · 21st of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

6 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court of Maryland judges (limited jurisdiction, no jury trials) separate. Vintage 2026 mdcourts.gov; counts approximate statutory allocations per Md. Code Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 1-503.)

Court seats

Cumberland, Hagerstown, Oakland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

18.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9