Jury Pool Profile

Wicomico County, Maryland

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 104,117
Median household income: $72,861
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 63,048 60.6%
Black or African American alone 27,563 26.5%
Asian alone 2,731 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 157 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,867 2.8%
Two or more races 7,724 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,210 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 23,435 22.5%
18–24 14,686 14.1%
25–44 24,242 23.3%
45–64 24,886 23.9%
65 and over 16,868 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.1B; 1.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,568
Establishments: 2,657

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,886 34.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,465 20.5%
Leisure & hospitality 5,036 10.9%
Professional & business services 4,318 9.4%
Manufacturing 2,897 6.3%
Construction 2,382 5.2%
Other services 1,486 3.2%
Financial activities 1,413 3.1%
Public administration 590 1.3%
Information 328 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 295 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.7%
Median gross rent: $1,238
Owner-occupied: 24,294
Renter-occupied: 15,740

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 46,698 votes cast

Republican 24,065 51.5%
Democratic 21,513 46.1%
Other / third-party 1,120 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,322 5.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,603 3.7%
Other Indo-European 1,622 1.7%
Korean 650 0.7%
Chinese 366 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 366 0.4%
Vietnamese 234 0.2%
German 219 0.2%
Other 136 0.1%
Tagalog 129 0.1%
Slavic languages 126 0.1%
Arabic 79 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,034
Family households: 25,394; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 17,073
Single-mother households: 3,434
Veterans: 5,110; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 16,423 15.9%
Mainline Protestant 11,452 11.1%
Catholic 7,443 7.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,543 3.4%
Black Protestant 2,942 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.1%

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: 13; 16.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023