Cumberland County, Maine

• White (non-Hispanic) 264,256 85.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,682 2.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,499 3.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,787 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 16,978 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 338 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 107 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,180 0.4%

• Under 18 55,706 18.0%
• 18–24 25,683 8.3%
• 25–44 83,339 27.0%
• 45–64 81,143 26.3%
• 65 and over 62,956 20.4%

Median household income

$93,949

90% interval $89,913–$97,985

+$17,577 vs ME · 1st of 16

Below poverty line

8.0%

90% interval 6.8%–9.2%

−2.6 pp vs ME · 14th of 16

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$34.6B

34.9% of state

Avg. annual pay

$74,201

Establishments

17,916

• Education & health services 56,100 28.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 35,724 18.3%
• Professional & business services 31,069 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 21,969 11.3%
• Financial activities 13,355 6.9%
• Manufacturing 10,914 5.6%
• Other services 5,971 3.1%
• Public administration 4,789 2.5%
• Construction 565 0.3%
• Information 157 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 92.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.8%

−4.5 pp vs ME · 15th of 16

Median gross rent

$1,589

+$450 vs ME · 1st of 16

Owner-occupied

92,265

Renter-occupied

39,903

• 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 (Financial activities, $117,483/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $35,937/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.

• Democratic 133,281 66.9%
• Republican 60,950 30.6%
• Other / third-party 4,994 2.5%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,102 1.7%
• Spanish 3,969 1.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,005 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 872 0.3%
• Chinese 816 0.3%
• Tagalog 690 0.2%
• Arabic 659 0.2%
• Vietnamese 510 0.2%
• Korean 218 0.1%

Households

132,168

Family households

78,309

59.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

22,732

29.0% of families

Single-mother families

5,382

6.9% of families

Veterans

15,984

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 48,598 16.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 20,228 6.7%
• Mainline Protestant 16,105 5.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 13,862 4.6%
• Black Protestant 652 0.2%
• Orthodox 450 0.1%

Health insured

95.3%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±0.6 pp

16th of 16

With a disability

11.8%

±0.4 pp

16th of 16

Bachelor's or higher

53.0%

±1.2 pp

+16.8 pp vs ME · 1st of 16

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.6%

90% interval 5.1%–6.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Cumberland County Superior Court

Judges

2 (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

Portland

Traffic fatalities

23

9.09 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

21