Jury Pool Profile
Somerset County, Maryland
- County seat
- Princess Anne
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 24,973
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 24,822.
At a glance
Somerset County is a 24,973-person venue. The county population is 52% White and 39% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $53,022, $49,813 below the MD state median of $102,835; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.5% 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 14.2% of covered employment, average pay $53,299/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.95%, above the 4.3% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 58% of the vote across the three. 20% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 4,972 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 24,822
- Median household income
- $64,943
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 52% / 39%.
Somerset County has a population of 24,822, with a median age of 38.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 52.0%; Black residents 38.8%. Independently, 4.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $53,022; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS withholds the sectors of about 2,060 state and local government jobs here. Counted as schools and hospitals, Education & health services is the largest sector; counted as prisons and public administration, Public administration is.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 14.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 13.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.95%, above the Maryland state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 57%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Somerset County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.5% in 2024, 56.6% in 2020, 57.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
6.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Arabic, Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (1,368 individuals).