Jury Pool Profile

Garrett County, Maryland

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 28,713
Median household income: $69,031
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,412 95.5%
Black or African American alone 217 0.8%
Asian alone 144 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 164 0.6%
Two or more races 714 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 377 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

Under 18 5,143 17.9%
18–24 2,072 7.2%
25–44 6,349 22.1%
45–64 8,359 29.1%
65 and over 6,790 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,523
Establishments: 1,168

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,630 21.6%
Education & health services 2,515 20.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,869 15.4%
Construction 1,201 9.9%
Professional & business services 1,161 9.5%
Manufacturing 710 5.8%
Public administration 701 5.8%
Other services 456 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 383 3.1%
Financial activities 373 3.1%
Information 153 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.0%
Median gross rent: $710
Owner-occupied: 10,180
Renter-occupied: 2,385

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,785 votes cast

Republican 11,983 75.9%
Democratic 3,456 21.9%
Other / third-party 346 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

German 408 1.5%
Spanish 214 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 80 0.3%
Other Indo-European 45 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.1%
Korean 10 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,565
Family households: 8,215; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,568
Single-mother households: 605
Veterans: 2,024; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.7% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 21.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023