Jury Pool Profile

Kennebec County, Maine

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 125,614
Median household income: $65,062
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 117,378 93.4%
Black or African American alone 1,021 0.8%
Asian alone 993 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 289 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 815 0.6%
Two or more races 5,118 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,708 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 23,841 19.0%
18–24 10,999 8.8%
25–44 29,627 23.6%
45–64 35,031 27.9%
65 and over 26,116 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.6B; 8.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,846
Establishments: 4,431

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 18,759 30.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 12,555 20.1%
Public administration 8,975 14.4%
Leisure & hospitality 5,406 8.7%
Professional & business services 5,042 8.1%
Construction 3,198 5.1%
Manufacturing 2,935 4.7%
Other services 2,120 3.4%
Financial activities 1,810 2.9%
Information 1,097 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 589 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $952
Owner-occupied: 39,242
Renter-occupied: 14,694

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 72,886 votes cast

Republican 36,589 50.2%
Democratic 34,585 47.5%
Other / third-party 1,712 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 2,619 2.2%
Spanish 1,022 0.9%
Other Indo-European 535 0.4%
German 475 0.4%
Chinese 329 0.3%
Slavic languages 270 0.2%
Other 126 0.1%
Arabic 106 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 92 0.1%
Korean 68 0.1%
Vietnamese 55 0.0%
Tagalog 42 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 53,936
Family households: 32,747; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 24,382
Single-mother households: 3,090
Veterans: 9,952; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 25,088 20.3%
Evangelical Protestant 11,694 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,328 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,255 4.3%
Orthodox 10 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Kennebec 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: Augusta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 11.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023