Jury Pool Profile

Baltimore County, Maryland

Democratic +24 (2024)

Population: 849,586
Median household income: $90,904
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 459,349 54.1%
Black or African American alone 257,555 30.3%
Asian alone 51,082 6.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,189 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 414 0.0%
Some other race alone 29,215 3.4%
Two or more races 49,782 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63,048 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 186,425 21.9%
18–24 75,089 8.8%
25–44 220,813 26.0%
45–64 216,400 25.5%
65 and over 150,859 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $73.1B; 13.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,051
Establishments: 23,271

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 106,260 28.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 74,875 20.0%
Professional & business services 55,510 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 33,594 9.0%
Financial activities 24,714 6.6%
Construction 24,489 6.5%
Manufacturing 13,033 3.5%
Other services 11,746 3.1%
Public administration 11,693 3.1%
Information 4,295 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 998 0.3%
Unclassified 26 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.3%
Median gross rent: $1,566
Owner-occupied: 218,994
Renter-occupied: 111,157

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 409,811 votes cast

Democratic 249,958 61.0%
Republican 149,560 36.5%
Other / third-party 10,293 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 39,570 4.9%
Other Indo-European 25,139 3.1%
Other 20,113 2.5%
Slavic languages 6,991 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 6,204 0.8%
Chinese 5,902 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 5,487 0.7%
Tagalog 4,598 0.6%
Arabic 3,712 0.5%
Korean 2,942 0.4%
Vietnamese 2,146 0.3%
German 1,998 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 330,151
Family households: 209,958; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 145,522
Single-mother households: 22,317
Veterans: 39,560; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 95,094 11.1%
Evangelical Protestant 72,451 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 67,420 7.9%
Mainline Protestant 38,599 4.5%
Black Protestant 19,766 2.3%
Orthodox 2,819 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 24 (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: Bel Air, Towson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 92; 13.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 84

NHTSA FARS 2023