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Jury Pool Profile

Prince George's County, Maryland

Democratic +75 (2024)
Population
955,584
Median household income
$100,708
Unemployment
4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 125,734 13.2%
  • Black or African American alone 571,024 59.8%
  • Asian alone 37,870 4.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,378 0.6%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 439 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 149,499 15.6%
  • Two or more races 65,640 6.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 207,694 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

  • Under 18 212,476 22.2%
  • 18–24 86,633 9.1%
  • 25–44 263,844 27.6%
  • 45–64 254,577 26.6%
  • 65 and over 138,054 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.4%
+0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP
$65.2B
11.93% of state
Avg. annual pay
$73,373
Establishments
18,770

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 61,873 18.8%
  • Education & health services 58,669 17.8%
  • Professional & business services 43,165 13.1%
  • Public administration 39,984 12.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 35,721 10.8%
  • Construction 29,081 8.8%
  • Financial activities 11,524 3.5%
  • Other services 9,494 2.9%
  • Manufacturing 6,659 2.0%
  • Information 2,111 0.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 318 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
62.3%
Median gross rent
$1,761
Owner-occupied
214,809
Renter-occupied
129,777

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 401,881 votes cast

  • Democratic 347,038 86.4%
  • Republican 45,008 11.2%
  • Other / third-party 9,835 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

69.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 170,955 19.1%
  • Other 39,788 4.4%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 20,329 2.3%
  • Other Indo-European 12,484 1.4%
  • Tagalog 6,339 0.7%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 5,664 0.6%
  • Chinese 4,587 0.5%
  • Korean 3,002 0.3%
  • Arabic 2,606 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 2,226 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 1,250 0.1%
  • German 912 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
344,586
Family households
220,394
64.0% of households
Married w/ children
132,044
Single-mother households
26,557
Veterans
51,340
6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 156,826 16.2%
  • Black Protestant 99,299 10.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 93,407 9.7%
  • Catholic 88,597 9.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 33,981 3.5%
  • Orthodox 11,918 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.8%
With a disability
10.1%
Bachelor's or higher
36.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
28 (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
La Plata, Leonardtown, Prince Frederick, Upper Marlboro

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
140
18.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
129

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Prince George's County, Maryland to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.