Jury Pool Profile

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 590,936
Median household income: $120,324
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 384,920 65.1%
Black or African American alone 104,594 17.7%
Asian alone 24,027 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,397 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 251 0.0%
Some other race alone 26,681 4.5%
Two or more races 47,066 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59,213 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 133,885 22.7%
18–24 45,639 7.7%
25–44 165,552 28.0%
45–64 153,928 26.0%
65 and over 91,932 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $69.9B; 12.81% of state
Avg. annual pay: $79,546
Establishments: 15,974

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 58,003 20.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 55,862 19.4%
Professional & business services 48,932 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 35,174 12.2%
Public administration 22,719 7.9%
Construction 19,540 6.8%
Manufacturing 18,633 6.5%
Other services 9,823 3.4%
Financial activities 9,481 3.3%
Information 2,338 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 340 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $1,990
Owner-occupied: 167,618
Renter-occupied: 55,984

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 308,782 votes cast

Democratic 171,945 55.7%
Republican 128,892 41.7%
Other / third-party 7,945 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 37,599 6.8%
Other Indo-European 9,209 1.7%
Other 6,826 1.2%
Tagalog 4,389 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,340 0.6%
Chinese 3,138 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,655 0.5%
Korean 2,352 0.4%
German 2,061 0.4%
Slavic languages 1,887 0.3%
Arabic 1,476 0.3%
Vietnamese 782 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 223,602
Family households: 153,236; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 118,394
Single-mother households: 12,478
Veterans: 46,312; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 88,087 15.0%
Evangelical Protestant 51,003 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 37,751 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14,519 2.5%
Black Protestant 5,580 0.9%
Orthodox 2,230 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Annapolis, Ellicott City, Westminster

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 44; 9.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 41

NHTSA FARS 2023