Aroostook County, Maine

• White (non-Hispanic) 62,059 92.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,148 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 488 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 232 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,227 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 769 1.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 62 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 73 0.1%

• Under 18 12,509 18.7%
• 18–24 4,438 6.6%
• 25–44 13,893 20.7%
• 45–64 19,006 28.3%
• 65 and over 17,212 25.7%

Median household income

$54,965

90% interval $51,866–$58,064

−$21,407 vs ME · 16th of 16

Below poverty line

14.9%

90% interval 12.5%–17.3%

+4.3 pp vs ME · 2nd of 16

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+1.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

3.7% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,513

Establishments

2,390

• Education & health services 8,041 31.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,439 21.2%
• Manufacturing 2,675 10.4%
• Public administration 2,026 7.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,882 7.3%
• Professional & business services 1,347 5.3%
• Natural resources & mining 1,295 5.0%
• Construction 1,192 4.6%
• Financial activities 1,038 4.0%
• Information 33 0.1%
• Other services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+0.2 pp vs ME · 12th of 16

Median gross rent

$784

−$355 vs ME · 15th of 16

Owner-occupied

22,305

Renter-occupied

7,627

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Public administration, $71,898/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,856/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 22,246 62.4%
• Democratic 12,900 36.2%
• Other / third-party 507 1.4%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7,178 11.2%
• German or other West Germanic 693 1.1%
• Spanish 517 0.8%
• Chinese 50 0.1%
• Arabic 45 0.1%
• Korean 33 0.1%
• Tagalog 33 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 31 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

29,932

Family households

18,040

60.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,074

22.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,131

6.3% of families

Veterans

5,478

10% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.0%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

8.0%

±1.1 pp

6th of 16

With a disability

20.6%

±1 pp

3rd of 16

Bachelor's or higher

23.4%

±1.3 pp

−12.8 pp vs ME · 14th of 16

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.9%

90% interval 8.9%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

10

18.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10