Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Maryland

Democratic +53 (2024)

Population: 1,057,586
Median household income: $128,733
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 469,359 44.4%
Black or African American alone 196,862 18.6%
Asian alone 160,623 15.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,231 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 460 0.0%
Some other race alone 117,726 11.1%
Two or more races 107,325 10.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 218,219 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 242,703 22.9%
18–24 81,775 7.7%
25–44 275,185 26.0%
45–64 282,843 26.7%
65 and over 175,080 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $117.4B; 21.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $94,473
Establishments: 35,443

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 114,747 24.8%
Professional & business services 102,421 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 56,250 12.2%
Public administration 56,210 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 41,119 8.9%
Financial activities 23,809 5.2%
Construction 21,635 4.7%
Other services 19,491 4.2%
Manufacturing 14,692 3.2%
Information 9,039 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 419 0.1%
Unclassified 13 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $2,030
Owner-occupied: 253,448
Renter-occupied: 134,433

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 513,919 votes cast

Democratic 386,581 75.2%
Republican 112,637 21.9%
Other / third-party 14,701 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

57.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 175,410 17.6%
Other Indo-European 56,028 5.6%
Other 46,337 4.7%
Chinese 36,508 3.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 28,499 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 23,599 2.4%
Slavic languages 14,217 1.4%
Korean 12,471 1.3%
Vietnamese 10,053 1.0%
Tagalog 9,073 0.9%
Arabic 5,845 0.6%
German 5,413 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 387,881
Family households: 265,852; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 205,182
Single-mother households: 20,710
Veterans: 33,670; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 293,819 27.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 103,877 9.8%
Evangelical Protestant 92,692 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 64,508 6.1%
Orthodox 8,372 0.8%
Black Protestant 4,102 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 9.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 60.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 30 (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: Frederick, Rockville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 46; 5.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 45

NHTSA FARS 2023