Jury Pool Profile

Dorchester County, Maryland

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 32,612
Median household income: $60,495
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,172 61.9%
Black or African American alone 8,263 25.3%
Asian alone 441 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,107 3.4%
Two or more races 2,629 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,909 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 6,898 21.2%
18–24 2,251 6.9%
25–44 7,385 22.6%
45–64 8,724 26.8%
65 and over 7,354 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,568
Establishments: 798

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,895 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,151 18.1%
Education & health services 2,049 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,237 10.4%
Professional & business services 693 5.8%
Public administration 551 4.6%
Construction 523 4.4%
Financial activities 368 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 133 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.3%
Median gross rent: $959
Owner-occupied: 8,837
Renter-occupied: 4,487

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,730 votes cast

Republican 9,390 56.1%
Democratic 6,954 41.6%
Other / third-party 386 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,210 3.9%
Other Indo-European 102 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 90 0.3%
German 90 0.3%
Chinese 80 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.2%
Other 41 0.1%
Slavic languages 25 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,324
Family households: 8,143; 61.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,530
Single-mother households: 975
Veterans: 2,020; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,250 16.1%
Evangelical Protestant 3,545 10.9%
Catholic 1,745 5.4%
Black Protestant 736 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 312 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Cambridge, Princess Anne, Salisbury, Snow Hill

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 23.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023