Caroline County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 24,419 72.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,122 9.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,227 12.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 249 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,488 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 153 0.5%

• Under 18 8,056 23.9%
• 18–24 2,606 7.7%
• 25–44 8,211 24.4%
• 45–64 8,965 26.6%
• 65 and over 5,831 17.3%

Median household income

$72,564

90% interval $65,723–$79,405

−$30,271 vs MD · 18th of 24

Below poverty line

11.1%

90% interval 8.4%–13.8%

+1.9 pp vs MD · 9th of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,633

Establishments

737

• Education & health services 2,434 27.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,176 24.1%
• Construction 1,103 12.2%
• Manufacturing 828 9.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 559 6.2%
• Public administration 448 5.0%
• Professional & business services 431 4.8%
• Natural resources & mining 359 4.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.9%

+4.3 pp vs MD · 15th of 24

Median gross rent

$1,105

−$600 vs MD · 20th of 24

Owner-occupied

8,978

Renter-occupied

3,517

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Construction, $71,433/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,780/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 11,053 67.9%
• Democratic 4,860 29.9%
• Other / third-party 363 2.2%

• Spanish 2,221 7.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 56 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 35 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 15 0.0%
• Korean 8 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

12,495

Family households

8,319

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,907

22.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,259

15.1% of families

Veterans

1,575

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,581 10.8%
• Mainline Protestant 3,536 10.6%
• Catholic 3,358 10.1%
• Black Protestant 1,346 4.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14 0.0%

Health insured

92.7%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±1.1 pp

2nd of 24

With a disability

14.9%

±1.4 pp

10th of 24

Bachelor's or higher

16.2%

±1.6 pp

−27.2 pp vs MD · 24th of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.2%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd 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

Centreville, Chestertown, Denton, Easton, Elkton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

39.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8