Jury Pool Profile

Howard County, Maryland

Democratic +42 (2024)

Population: 333,916
Median household income: $146,982
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 163,325 48.9%
Black or African American alone 66,663 20.0%
Asian alone 62,856 18.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 920 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 144 0.0%
Some other race alone 11,569 3.5%
Two or more races 28,439 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28,121 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 80,273 24.0%
18–24 26,302 7.9%
25–44 88,354 26.5%
45–64 89,627 26.8%
65 and over 49,360 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $37.1B; 6.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $86,951
Establishments: 11,342

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 48,060 27.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 34,576 19.9%
Education & health services 32,831 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 15,992 9.2%
Construction 11,299 6.5%
Financial activities 8,133 4.7%
Manufacturing 6,904 4.0%
Public administration 1,848 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 343 0.2%
Information 306 0.2%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.7%
Median gross rent: $2,038
Owner-occupied: 86,100
Renter-occupied: 33,966

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 180,488 votes cast

Democratic 124,764 69.1%
Republican 49,425 27.4%
Other / third-party 6,299 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.2% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 17,672 5.6%
Spanish 17,516 5.6%
Chinese 10,685 3.4%
Korean 10,119 3.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,514 3.0%
Other 7,541 2.4%
Arabic 3,111 1.0%
Slavic languages 2,509 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,467 0.8%
Vietnamese 1,632 0.5%
Tagalog 1,158 0.4%
German 692 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 120,066
Family households: 88,146; 73.4% of households
Married w/ children: 70,467
Single-mother households: 6,274
Veterans: 15,628; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 55,987 16.8%
Evangelical Protestant 37,143 11.2%
Mainline Protestant 24,873 7.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18,812 5.7%
Black Protestant 5,358 1.6%
Orthodox 1,053 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 8.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 64.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Annapolis, Ellicott City, Westminster

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 9.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023