Jury Pool Profile

Hancock County, Maine

Democratic +12 (2024)

Population: 56,084
Median household income: $69,630
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,672 93.9%
Black or African American alone 484 0.9%
Asian alone 507 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 232 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 347 0.6%
Two or more races 1,842 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,004 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.1

Under 18 9,241 16.5%
18–24 4,077 7.3%
25–44 12,266 21.9%
45–64 15,937 28.4%
65 and over 14,563 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 3.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,780
Establishments: 2,980

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,257 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,689 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 4,489 19.0%
Professional & business services 2,922 12.4%
Construction 1,828 7.7%
Other services 1,110 4.7%
Public administration 863 3.7%
Manufacturing 859 3.6%
Financial activities 750 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 588 2.5%
Information 275 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $1,000
Owner-occupied: 19,691
Renter-occupied: 5,301

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,251 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 310 0.6%
German 290 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 287 0.5%
Other Indo-European 172 0.3%
Other 170 0.3%
Chinese 84 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 83 0.2%
Korean 53 0.1%
Tagalog 44 0.1%
Slavic languages 30 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,992
Family households: 14,589; 58.4% of households
Married w/ children: 12,005
Single-mother households: 1,022
Veterans: 3,869; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 21.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023