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Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Republican +27.8 (2024)
County seat
Centreville
Judicial district
2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
54,448
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 51,825.

At a glance

Queen Anne's County is a 54,448-person venue. The county population is 83% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $112,621, $9,786 above the MD state median of $102,835; 38.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.2% of covered employment, average pay $62,083/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.37%, below the 4.3% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 66% of the vote across the three.

Population
51,825
Median household income
$112,826
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 6%.

Queen Anne's County has a population of 51,825, with a median age of 44.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.4%; Black residents 5.7%. Independently, 5.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $112,621; 38.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 6.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 42,759 82.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,958 5.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,842 5.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 525 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,386 4.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 347 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

  • Under 18 10,926 21.1%
  • 18–24 3,488 6.7%
  • 25–44 11,686 22.5%
  • 45–64 15,005 29.0%
  • 65 and over 10,720 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$112,621
90% interval $101,707–$123,535
+$9,786 vs MD · 9th of 24
Below poverty line
6.1%
90% interval 4.5%–7.7%
−3.1 pp vs MD · 20th of 24

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and hospitality

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 3,460, Leisure & hospitality about 3,070.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.2% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 18.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.37%, below the Maryland state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
−0.93 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.9B
0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay
$57,331
Establishments
1,616

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,461 21.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 3,067 18.8%
  • Manufacturing 1,565 9.6%
  • Professional & business services 1,545 9.5%
  • Education & health services 1,367 8.4%
  • Other services 820 5.0%
  • Public administration 302 1.9%

The sectors listed cover 74.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.9%
+15.3 pp vs MD · 3rd of 24
Median gross rent
$1,619
−$86 vs MD · 10th of 24
Owner-occupied
16,505
Renter-occupied
3,402

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 50% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $83,577/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,737/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Queen Anne's County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 62.9% in 2024, 61.9% in 2020, 65.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,136 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201665.8%29.7%
202061.9%35.4%
202462.9%35.1%
  • Republican 20,200 62.9%
  • Democratic 11,273 35.1%
  • Other / third-party 663 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.9% of the adult civilian population (3,237 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,822 3.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 122 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 111 0.2%
  • Chinese 103 0.2%
  • Tagalog 71 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 45 0.1%
  • Arabic 38 0.1%
  • Korean 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
19,907
Family households
14,415
72.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
4,152
28.8% of families
Single-mother families
1,040
7.2% of families
Veterans
3,237
7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

40.9% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 9,950 20.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,422 10.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 3,425 6.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 924 1.9%
  • Black Protestant 682 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.3%
±1.1 pp
Uninsured
5.7%
±1.1 pp
9th of 24
With a disability
10.5%
±1 pp
21st of 24
Bachelor's or higher
38.0%
±2.1 pp
−5.4 pp vs MD · 10th of 24
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
6.0%
90% interval 5.3%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Queen Anne's totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 7 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
7
17.12 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Queen Anne'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 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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