Jury Pool Profile

St. Mary's County, Maryland

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 114,372
Median household income: $114,580
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 82,702 72.3%
Black or African American alone 16,874 14.8%
Asian alone 2,935 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 118 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,290 2.0%
Two or more races 9,453 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,805 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

Under 18 27,499 24.0%
18–24 10,090 8.8%
25–44 31,513 27.6%
45–64 29,559 25.8%
65 and over 15,711 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.4B; 1.91% of state
Avg. annual pay: $85,381
Establishments: 2,185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 13,928 28.4%
Public administration 10,547 21.5%
Education & health services 7,832 15.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,285 12.8%
Leisure & hospitality 3,956 8.1%
Construction 2,116 4.3%
Other services 1,001 2.0%
Financial activities 822 1.7%
Manufacturing 343 0.7%
Information 144 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 74 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.6%
Median gross rent: $1,692
Owner-occupied: 30,325
Renter-occupied: 11,418

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 58,543 votes cast

Republican 33,582 57.4%
Democratic 23,531 40.2%
Other / third-party 1,430 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,792 2.6%
German 1,124 1.0%
Tagalog 978 0.9%
Other Indo-European 617 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 411 0.4%
Other 389 0.4%
Chinese 293 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 289 0.3%
Vietnamese 172 0.2%
Slavic languages 156 0.1%
Korean 148 0.1%
Arabic 36 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 41,743
Family households: 29,853; 71.5% of households
Married w/ children: 22,381
Single-mother households: 2,975
Veterans: 11,871; 14.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 25,162 22.1%
Mainline Protestant 13,021 11.4%
Evangelical Protestant 9,027 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,340 2.1%
Black Protestant 880 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 14.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023