Washington County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 114,121 73.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,297 7.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 17,838 11.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,531 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 8,307 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 113 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 80 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 422 0.3%

• Under 18 33,870 21.8%
• 18–24 12,630 8.1%
• 25–44 40,218 25.8%
• 45–64 40,838 26.2%
• 65 and over 28,153 18.1%

Median household income

$77,632

90% interval $73,068–$82,196

−$25,203 vs MD · 16th of 24

Below poverty line

11.6%

90% interval 9.6%–13.6%

+2.4 pp vs MD · 8th of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$10.0B

1.82% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,257

Establishments

3,742

• Trade, transportation & utilities 18,915 28.6%
• Education & health services 14,871 22.5%
• Manufacturing 6,534 9.9%
• Professional & business services 6,315 9.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,184 9.4%
• Other services 2,771 4.2%
• Financial activities 2,654 4.0%
• Public administration 2,041 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.8%

−0.8 pp vs MD · 18th of 24

Median gross rent

$1,147

−$558 vs MD · 19th of 24

Owner-occupied

39,936

Renter-occupied

19,882

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $85,361/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,722/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 8,209 5.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 991 0.7%
• Chinese 441 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 389 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 353 0.2%
• Tagalog 352 0.2%
• Korean 191 0.1%
• Arabic 130 0.1%
• Vietnamese 118 0.1%

Households

59,818

Family households

39,208

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,710

24.8% of families

Single-mother families

4,251

10.8% of families

Veterans

8,643

7.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.7%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±0.7 pp

5th of 24

With a disability

15.3%

±0.7 pp

8th of 24

Bachelor's or higher

24.1%

±1.1 pp

−19.3 pp vs MD · 20th of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.7%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

11.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14