Jury Pool Profile

Kent County, Maryland

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 19,265
Median household income: $74,402
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,978 77.7%
Black or African American alone 2,739 14.2%
Asian alone 190 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 711 3.7%
Two or more races 643 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,074 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.4

Under 18 3,013 15.6%
18–24 2,318 12.0%
25–44 3,713 19.3%
45–64 5,043 26.2%
65 and over 5,178 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,881
Establishments: 750

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,142 28.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,096 14.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,045 13.7%
Manufacturing 920 12.0%
Professional & business services 537 7.0%
Construction 444 5.8%
Natural resources & mining 284 3.7%
Financial activities 255 3.3%
Other services 243 3.2%
Information 66 0.9%
Public administration 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $1,144
Owner-occupied: 6,147
Renter-occupied: 2,383

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,068 votes cast

Republican 5,561 50.2%
Democratic 5,251 47.4%
Other / third-party 256 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 708 3.8%
Other Indo-European 158 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.3%
Chinese 53 0.3%
Other 40 0.2%
German 29 0.2%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,530
Family households: 5,046; 59.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,655
Single-mother households: 537
Veterans: 1,308; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,402 17.7%
Catholic 2,472 12.9%
Evangelical Protestant 1,012 5.3%
Black Protestant 480 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Centreville, Chestertown, Denton, Easton, Elkton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 6.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023