Jury Pool Profile

Carroll County, Maryland

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 174,318
Median household income: $115,876
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 152,005 87.2%
Black or African American alone 6,936 4.0%
Asian alone 4,036 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 312 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 39 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,079 1.8%
Two or more races 7,911 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,333 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 38,366 22.0%
18–24 14,511 8.3%
25–44 41,456 23.8%
45–64 49,318 28.3%
65 and over 30,667 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -1.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.9B; 1.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,405
Establishments: 4,506

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,702 26.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 12,612 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 6,811 11.5%
Construction 6,339 10.7%
Professional & business services 5,728 9.7%
Manufacturing 4,003 6.8%
Other services 2,265 3.8%
Public administration 1,987 3.4%
Financial activities 1,432 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 529 0.9%
Information 499 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.9%
Median gross rent: $1,370
Owner-occupied: 53,237
Renter-occupied: 10,250

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 101,796 votes cast

Republican 62,273 61.2%
Democratic 36,867 36.2%
Other / third-party 2,656 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,624 2.8%
Other Indo-European 1,713 1.0%
Slavic languages 861 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 708 0.4%
German 550 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 508 0.3%
Chinese 465 0.3%
Korean 383 0.2%
Other 339 0.2%
Arabic 284 0.2%
Tagalog 240 0.1%
Vietnamese 118 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 63,487
Family households: 46,609; 73.4% of households
Married w/ children: 39,239
Single-mother households: 2,575
Veterans: 10,166; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 27,243 15.8%
Mainline Protestant 19,376 11.2%
Evangelical Protestant 15,326 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,473 3.7%
Orthodox 377 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.2%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.7%

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: 12; 8.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023