Jury Pool Profile

Worcester County, Maryland

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 53,279
Median household income: $81,455
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,356 79.5%
Black or African American alone 6,502 12.2%
Asian alone 722 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 798 1.5%
Two or more races 2,877 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,090 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.7

Under 18 9,206 17.3%
18–24 3,557 6.7%
25–44 10,629 19.9%
45–64 14,868 27.9%
65 and over 15,019 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.1B; 0.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,838
Establishments: 2,455

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 9,716 36.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,459 17.0%
Education & health services 4,106 15.6%
Professional & business services 1,822 6.9%
Public administration 1,656 6.3%
Construction 1,217 4.6%
Financial activities 1,156 4.4%
Other services 801 3.0%
Manufacturing 788 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 117 0.4%
Information 114 0.4%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $1,180
Owner-occupied: 18,286
Renter-occupied: 5,541

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,728 votes cast

Republican 19,632 60.0%
Democratic 12,431 38.0%
Other / third-party 665 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,294 2.5%
Other Indo-European 721 1.4%
Slavic languages 460 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 205 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 195 0.4%
Vietnamese 165 0.3%
Chinese 161 0.3%
German 130 0.3%
Other 117 0.2%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,827
Family households: 15,341; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 11,815
Single-mother households: 1,248
Veterans: 4,328; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 13,199 25.2%
Evangelical Protestant 9,530 18.2%
Mainline Protestant 7,434 14.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,412 2.7%
Black Protestant 1,284 2.4%
Orthodox 675 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.7%

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: 7; 15.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023