Garrett County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,112 94.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 393 1.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 175 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 137 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 567 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 58 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 172 0.6%

• Under 18 5,075 17.7%
• 18–24 2,031 7.1%
• 25–44 6,360 22.2%
• 45–64 8,224 28.7%
• 65 and over 6,925 24.2%

Median household income

$67,553

90% interval $63,618–$71,488

−$35,282 vs MD · 20th of 24

Below poverty line

12.3%

90% interval 9.6%–15.0%

+3.1 pp vs MD · 7th of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,142

Establishments

1,196

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,502 20.8%
• Education & health services 2,470 20.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,925 16.0%
• Construction 1,143 9.5%
• Professional & business services 1,130 9.4%
• Manufacturing 886 7.4%
• Other services 420 3.5%
• Financial activities 372 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 320 2.7%
• Information 140 1.2%
• Public administration 10 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.7%

+12.1 pp vs MD · 5th of 24

Median gross rent

$765

−$940 vs MD · 24th of 24

Owner-occupied

10,027

Renter-occupied

2,551

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $76,836/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,690/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 11,983 75.9%
• Democratic 3,456 21.9%
• Other / third-party 346 2.2%

• German or other West Germanic 514 1.9%
• Spanish 221 0.8%
• Chinese 30 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 20 0.1%
• Tagalog 11 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.0%

Households

12,578

Family households

8,247

65.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,064

25.0% of families

Single-mother families

619

7.5% of families

Veterans

2,124

9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,628 19.5%
• Mainline Protestant 3,777 13.1%
• Catholic 784 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 684 2.4%

Health insured

93.8%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±1.1 pp

6th of 24

With a disability

19.8%

±1.9 pp

2nd of 24

Bachelor's or higher

25.9%

±2.2 pp

−17.5 pp vs MD · 19th of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.7%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th 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

Cumberland, Hagerstown, Oakland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

12.74 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3