Jury Pool Profile

Baltimore City City, Maryland

Democratic +73 (2024)

Population: 577,193
Median household income: $59,623
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 158,163 27.4%
Black or African American alone 346,535 60.0%
Asian alone 14,620 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,094 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 228 0.0%
Some other race alone 25,396 4.4%
Two or more races 30,157 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45,420 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.1

Under 18 120,494 20.9%
18–24 52,399 9.1%
25–44 184,356 31.9%
45–64 133,783 23.2%
65 and over 86,161 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $65.6B; 12.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $82,818
Establishments: 14,856

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 131,447 37.8%
Professional & business services 50,706 14.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 44,198 12.7%
Public administration 43,355 12.5%
Leisure & hospitality 26,821 7.7%
Financial activities 14,611 4.2%
Manufacturing 10,641 3.1%
Other services 10,256 2.9%
Construction 9,497 2.7%
Information 3,027 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 19 0.0%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 47.5%
Median gross rent: $1,290
Owner-occupied: 119,077
Renter-occupied: 131,531

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 229,082 votes cast

Democratic 195,109 85.2%
Republican 27,984 12.2%
Other / third-party 5,989 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 31,247 5.8%
Other 7,196 1.3%
Other Indo-European 5,547 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,918 0.9%
Chinese 3,294 0.6%
Arabic 2,735 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,286 0.4%
Slavic languages 2,006 0.4%
Korean 1,295 0.2%
German 1,292 0.2%
Tagalog 1,066 0.2%
Vietnamese 631 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 250,608
Family households: 118,149; 47.1% of households
Married w/ children: 56,501
Single-mother households: 22,829
Veterans: 21,769; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 96,064 16.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 75,556 12.9%
Black Protestant 58,517 10.0%
Catholic 37,809 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 26,533 4.5%
Orthodox 6,178 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 35 (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: Baltimore City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 46; 10.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 45

NHTSA FARS 2023