Jury Pool Profile

Cumberland County, Maine

Democratic +36 (2024)

Population: 305,940
Median household income: $92,983
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 267,862 87.6%
Black or African American alone 10,209 3.3%
Asian alone 6,473 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 662 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 63 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,433 0.8%
Two or more races 18,238 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,305 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 55,777 18.2%
18–24 25,462 8.3%
25–44 81,914 26.8%
45–64 82,139 26.8%
65 and over 60,648 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $34.6B; 34.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,351
Establishments: 18,210

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 53,656 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 36,547 19.0%
Professional & business services 30,344 15.8%
Leisure & hospitality 21,778 11.3%
Financial activities 13,699 7.1%
Manufacturing 10,995 5.7%
Other services 6,003 3.1%
Public administration 4,773 2.5%
Construction 541 0.3%
Information 160 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.4%
Median gross rent: $1,492
Owner-occupied: 91,485
Renter-occupied: 38,518

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 199,225 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.6% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 5,125 1.8%
Spanish 3,593 1.2%
Other 3,335 1.1%
Other Indo-European 3,307 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,903 0.7%
Slavic languages 856 0.3%
German 841 0.3%
Arabic 837 0.3%
Chinese 695 0.2%
Tagalog 484 0.2%
Vietnamese 450 0.2%
Korean 242 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 130,003
Family households: 77,222; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 63,136
Single-mother households: 5,158
Veterans: 16,773; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 52.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 7.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023