Hancock County, Maine

• White (non-Hispanic) 52,282 92.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,050 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 537 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 542 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,601 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 237 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 211 0.4%

• Under 18 9,153 16.2%
• 18–24 4,057 7.2%
• 25–44 12,578 22.3%
• 45–64 15,651 27.7%
• 65 and over 15,021 26.6%

Median household income

$75,157

90% interval $68,812–$81,502

−$1,215 vs ME · 5th of 16

Below poverty line

10.3%

90% interval 8.1%–12.5%

−0.3 pp vs ME · 11th of 16

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

+0.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

3.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,173

Establishments

2,939

• Education & health services 5,243 22.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,673 19.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,562 19.3%
• Professional & business services 2,778 11.8%
• Construction 1,907 8.1%
• Other services 1,126 4.8%
• Public administration 887 3.8%
• Information 13 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 89.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.5%

+4.2 pp vs ME · 7th of 16

Median gross rent

$1,061

−$78 vs ME · 5th of 16

Owner-occupied

20,083

Renter-occupied

5,489

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($88,104 vs $38,484/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 19,817 54.7%
• Republican 15,549 42.9%
• Other / third-party 885 2.4%

• Spanish 414 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 338 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 293 0.5%
• Chinese 88 0.2%
• Tagalog 59 0.1%
• Arabic 59 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 58 0.1%
• Korean 33 0.1%

Households

25,572

Family households

14,766

57.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,612

24.5% of families

Single-mother families

881

6.0% of families

Veterans

3,763

8% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,885 7.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,549 4.6%
• Catholic 2,010 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,399 2.5%
• Black Protestant 50 0.1%

Health insured

90.4%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

9.6%

±1.2 pp

2nd of 16

With a disability

15.1%

±0.9 pp

12th of 16

Bachelor's or higher

40.1%

±2 pp

+3.9 pp vs ME · 4th of 16

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.1%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Hancock 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

Ellsworth

Traffic fatalities

6

12.68 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6