Jury Pool Profile

Harford County, Maryland

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 262,509
Median household income: $111,317
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 194,602 74.1%
Black or African American alone 38,171 14.5%
Asian alone 7,733 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 385 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 111 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,656 2.2%
Two or more races 15,851 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,585 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 58,790 22.4%
18–24 20,082 7.7%
25–44 67,050 25.5%
45–64 72,039 27.4%
65 and over 44,548 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $17.9B; 3.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,533
Establishments: 6,155

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 21,485 22.6%
Education & health services 18,893 19.8%
Professional & business services 13,619 14.3%
Public administration 13,224 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 9,924 10.4%
Construction 6,348 6.7%
Manufacturing 4,840 5.1%
Other services 3,014 3.2%
Financial activities 2,815 3.0%
Information 459 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 317 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $1,557
Owner-occupied: 79,927
Renter-occupied: 20,344

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 149,020 votes cast

Republican 83,050 55.7%
Democratic 62,453 41.9%
Other / third-party 3,517 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,671 3.1%
Other Indo-European 2,717 1.1%
Other 2,019 0.8%
Slavic languages 1,466 0.6%
German 1,139 0.5%
Chinese 1,106 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 813 0.3%
Korean 743 0.3%
Tagalog 730 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 693 0.3%
Vietnamese 656 0.3%
Arabic 407 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 100,271
Family households: 71,343; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 56,172
Single-mother households: 4,929
Veterans: 18,175; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 38,135 14.6%
Evangelical Protestant 26,916 10.3%
Mainline Protestant 16,212 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,770 2.2%
Black Protestant 4,034 1.5%
Orthodox 210 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 24 (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: Bel Air, Towson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 24; 11.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023