Jury Pool Profile

Penobscot County, Maine

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 153,571
Median household income: $63,248
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 141,450 92.1%
Black or African American alone 1,563 1.0%
Asian alone 1,737 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,414 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 71 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,366 0.9%
Two or more races 5,970 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,967 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 27,387 17.8%
18–24 15,337 10.0%
25–44 38,223 24.9%
45–64 42,281 27.5%
65 and over 30,343 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.6B; 9.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,593
Establishments: 5,259

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 24,792 34.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,904 23.5%
Leisure & hospitality 7,765 10.8%
Professional & business services 6,949 9.7%
Construction 4,276 5.9%
Manufacturing 2,830 3.9%
Public administration 2,647 3.7%
Financial activities 2,360 3.3%
Other services 1,967 2.7%
Information 809 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 684 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.3%
Median gross rent: $997
Owner-occupied: 45,520
Renter-occupied: 19,249

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 87,073 votes cast

Republican 47,438 54.5%
Democratic 37,945 43.6%
Other / third-party 1,690 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 1,752 1.2%
Spanish 1,277 0.9%
Other 934 0.6%
Other Indo-European 689 0.5%
Chinese 415 0.3%
German 344 0.2%
Tagalog 312 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 276 0.2%
Slavic languages 259 0.2%
Vietnamese 150 0.1%
Arabic 56 0.0%
Korean 31 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 64,769
Family households: 37,957; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 29,762
Single-mother households: 2,883
Veterans: 10,413; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 23,643 15.5%
Evangelical Protestant 10,132 6.7%
Mainline Protestant 6,822 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,556 2.3%
Orthodox 126 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Penobscot 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: Bangor

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 15.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023