Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Maine

Democratic +11 (2024)

Population: 35,840
Median household income: $72,026
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,703 94.0%
Black or African American alone 175 0.5%
Asian alone 235 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 129 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 63 0.2%
Two or more races 1,533 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 467 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.1

Under 18 6,018 16.8%
18–24 2,158 6.0%
25–44 7,280 20.3%
45–64 10,038 28.0%
65 and over 10,346 28.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 1.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,238
Establishments: 1,798

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,866 25.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,259 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,703 15.1%
Professional & business services 1,060 9.4%
Construction 882 7.8%
Manufacturing 736 6.5%
Public administration 465 4.1%
Other services 463 4.1%
Financial activities 408 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 262 2.3%
Information 146 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.8%
Median gross rent: $1,003
Owner-occupied: 13,582
Renter-occupied: 2,619

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,003 votes cast

Democratic 13,110 54.6%
Republican 10,409 43.4%
Other / third-party 484 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 285 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 221 0.6%
German 124 0.4%
Slavic languages 72 0.2%
Other Indo-European 72 0.2%
Vietnamese 51 0.1%
Chinese 31 0.1%
Arabic 19 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,201
Family households: 9,787; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 7,899
Single-mother households: 632
Veterans: 3,278; 11% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

20.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,774 7.9%
Catholic 2,500 7.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,364 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 473 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lincoln 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: Wiscasset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 20.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023