Jury Pool Profile

Aroostook County, Maine

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 67,227
Median household income: $54,254
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 62,766 93.4%
Black or African American alone 512 0.8%
Asian alone 280 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 887 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 52 0.1%
Some other race alone 285 0.4%
Two or more races 2,445 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,059 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.4

Under 18 12,587 18.7%
18–24 4,434 6.6%
25–44 13,868 20.6%
45–64 19,289 28.7%
65 and over 17,049 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +1.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 3.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,148
Establishments: 2,396

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,116 31.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,524 21.2%
Manufacturing 2,745 10.6%
Public administration 2,043 7.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,951 7.5%
Professional & business services 1,338 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,327 5.1%
Construction 1,162 4.5%
Financial activities 1,068 4.1%
Other services 468 1.8%
Information 256 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.4%
Median gross rent: $736
Owner-occupied: 22,080
Renter-occupied: 7,604

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,653 votes cast

Republican 22,246 62.4%
Democratic 12,900 36.2%
Other / third-party 507 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.8% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 7,383 11.5%
German 629 1.0%
Spanish 433 0.7%
Other 224 0.4%
Other Indo-European 116 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 114 0.2%
Arabic 55 0.1%
Chinese 52 0.1%
Korean 36 0.1%
Vietnamese 28 0.0%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
Tagalog 17 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,684
Family households: 17,880; 60.2% of households
Married w/ children: 13,977
Single-mother households: 1,289
Veterans: 5,468; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 21,365 31.8%
Evangelical Protestant 7,225 10.8%
Mainline Protestant 4,176 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,722 2.6%
Orthodox 25 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 20.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Aroostook County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (Maine Superior Court Justice — approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. Maine has ~17 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 16 county branches under a unified bench (4 M.R.S. § 101), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 courts.maine.gov roster.)
Court seats: Houlton and Caribou

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 10.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023