Jury Pool Profile

Frederick County, Maryland

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 280,341
Median household income: $120,458
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 197,085 70.3%
Black or African American alone 28,924 10.3%
Asian alone 15,212 5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 780 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 171 0.1%
Some other race alone 10,003 3.6%
Two or more races 28,166 10.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34,570 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 65,575 23.4%
18–24 23,271 8.3%
25–44 74,978 26.7%
45–64 74,478 26.6%
65 and over 42,039 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.77 pp vs. state
County GDP: $20.4B; 3.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,852
Establishments: 7,170

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 23,789 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,896 18.3%
Professional & business services 17,050 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 11,915 11.0%
Construction 10,110 9.3%
Public administration 8,686 8.0%
Manufacturing 5,642 5.2%
Financial activities 4,821 4.4%
Other services 4,292 4.0%
Information 1,100 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 621 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.0%
Median gross rent: $1,706
Owner-occupied: 78,429
Renter-occupied: 23,378

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 155,004 votes cast

Democratic 82,409 53.2%
Republican 68,753 44.4%
Other / third-party 3,842 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 23,310 8.8%
Other Indo-European 5,079 1.9%
Other 3,456 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,149 1.2%
Slavic languages 1,901 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,656 0.6%
Chinese 1,617 0.6%
German 1,062 0.4%
Tagalog 985 0.4%
Korean 969 0.4%
Vietnamese 592 0.2%
Arabic 591 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 101,807
Family households: 73,559; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 57,924
Single-mother households: 5,960
Veterans: 15,971; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 35,850 13.2%
Mainline Protestant 26,412 9.7%
Evangelical Protestant 22,036 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,978 4.8%
Black Protestant 1,982 0.7%
Orthodox 397 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 9.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 30 (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: Frederick, Rockville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 33; 15.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 30

NHTSA FARS 2023