Jury Pool Profile

Somerset County, Maryland

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 24,685
Median household income: $52,462
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,897 52.2%
Black or African American alone 9,750 39.5%
Asian alone 143 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 241 1.0%
Two or more races 1,628 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,099 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 4,311 17.5%
18–24 3,367 13.6%
25–44 6,847 27.7%
45–64 5,882 23.8%
65 and over 4,278 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,162
Establishments: 452

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,628 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,117 16.0%
Manufacturing 493 7.1%
Public administration 352 5.1%
Leisure & hospitality 326 4.7%
Professional & business services 303 4.4%
Construction 284 4.1%
Other services 164 2.4%
Financial activities 130 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 126 1.8%
Information 33 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $938
Owner-occupied: 5,710
Renter-occupied: 2,586

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,090 votes cast

Republican 5,805 57.5%
Democratic 4,054 40.2%
Other / third-party 231 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 398 1.7%
Arabic 299 1.3%
Other 247 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 34 0.1%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
German 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,296
Family households: 5,105; 61.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,470
Single-mother households: 692
Veterans: 1,352; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

22.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,724 11.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,937 7.9%
Black Protestant 520 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 280 1.1%
Catholic 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Cambridge, Princess Anne, Salisbury, Snow Hill

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 19.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023