Jury Pool Profile

Allegany County, Maryland

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 67,762
Median household income: $57,393
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,149 87.3%
Black or African American alone 4,835 7.1%
Asian alone 637 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 393 0.6%
Two or more races 2,669 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,260 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 12,056 17.8%
18–24 7,774 11.5%
25–44 16,430 24.2%
45–64 17,302 25.5%
65 and over 14,200 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 0.65% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,777
Establishments: 1,577

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,473 28.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,722 21.4%
Leisure & hospitality 3,562 13.4%
Professional & business services 1,904 7.1%
Manufacturing 1,307 4.9%
Public administration 1,305 4.9%
Construction 1,004 3.8%
Financial activities 783 2.9%
Other services 781 2.9%
Information 306 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 47 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.3%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 19,294
Renter-occupied: 8,142

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,001 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,001 1.5%
Chinese 277 0.4%
Other Indo-European 188 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 188 0.3%
German 163 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 133 0.2%
Slavic languages 89 0.1%
Other 73 0.1%
Arabic 53 0.1%
Tagalog 43 0.1%
Vietnamese 41 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,436
Family households: 15,724; 57.3% of households
Married w/ children: 11,504
Single-mother households: 1,644
Veterans: 4,574; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 17.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023