Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Maryland

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 155,033
Median household income: $74,157
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 119,045 76.8%
Black or African American alone 17,807 11.5%
Asian alone 2,551 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 291 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 101 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,838 1.8%
Two or more races 12,400 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,320 7.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 33,904 21.9%
18–24 12,551 8.1%
25–44 39,628 25.6%
45–64 41,352 26.7%
65 and over 27,598 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.0B; 1.82% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,252
Establishments: 3,704

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 17,121 26.7%
Education & health services 15,183 23.6%
Manufacturing 6,690 10.4%
Leisure & hospitality 6,229 9.7%
Professional & business services 5,821 9.1%
Public administration 3,571 5.6%
Construction 3,060 4.8%
Other services 2,781 4.3%
Financial activities 2,619 4.1%
Information 533 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 280 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.9%
Median gross rent: $1,100
Owner-occupied: 39,145
Renter-occupied: 20,266

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 73,001 votes cast

Republican 44,054 60.3%
Democratic 27,260 37.3%
Other / third-party 1,687 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,380 5.7%
Other 1,224 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,115 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 772 0.5%
Chinese 449 0.3%
German 393 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 364 0.2%
Tagalog 332 0.2%
Slavic languages 257 0.2%
Arabic 166 0.1%
Korean 136 0.1%
Vietnamese 114 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 59,411
Family households: 39,579; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 27,923
Single-mother households: 4,096
Veterans: 8,818; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 26,592 17.2%
Mainline Protestant 17,985 11.6%
Catholic 8,396 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,831 3.1%
Black Protestant 852 0.6%
Orthodox 80 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th 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: Cumberland, Hagerstown, Oakland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maryland statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 14.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023