Wicomico County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 60,794 57.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,463 7.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 27,761 26.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,553 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,711 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 29 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 20 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 583 0.6%

• Under 18 23,644 22.5%
• 18–24 14,774 14.1%
• 25–44 24,397 23.3%
• 45–64 24,651 23.5%
• 65 and over 17,448 16.6%

Median household income

$67,786

90% interval $61,195–$74,377

−$35,049 vs MD · 19th of 24

Below poverty line

16.0%

90% interval 13.5%–18.5%

+6.8 pp vs MD · 4th of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.1B

1.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,772

Establishments

2,694

• Education & health services 12,845 27.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,314 20.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,097 11.0%
• Professional & business services 3,887 8.4%
• Manufacturing 2,866 6.2%
• Financial activities 1,473 3.2%
• Public administration 614 1.3%

The sectors listed cover 77.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

62.3%

−5.3 pp vs MD · 23rd of 24

Median gross rent

$1,327

−$378 vs MD · 15th of 24

Owner-occupied

25,203

Renter-occupied

15,267

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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 (Professional & business services, $90,130/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,658/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 24,065 51.5%
• Democratic 21,513 46.1%
• Other / third-party 1,120 2.4%

• Spanish 5,443 5.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,850 3.9%
• Korean 667 0.7%
• Chinese 559 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 213 0.2%
• Tagalog 200 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 187 0.2%
• Arabic 123 0.1%

Households

40,470

Family households

25,722

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,748

22.3% of families

Single-mother families

3,336

13.0% of families

Veterans

4,778

5.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.3%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±0.9 pp

4th of 24

With a disability

11.9%

±0.8 pp

15th of 24

Bachelor's or higher

29.5%

±1.8 pp

−13.9 pp vs MD · 17th of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.0%

90% interval 7.1%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

20.92 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15