Jury Pool Profile

Piscataquis County, Maine

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 17,125
Median household income: $55,234
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,002 93.4%
Black or African American alone 130 0.8%
Asian alone 149 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 166 1.0%
Two or more races 640 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 305 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.4

Under 18 2,701 15.8%
18–24 965 5.6%
25–44 3,618 21.1%
45–64 5,233 30.6%
65 and over 4,608 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.96 pp vs. state
County GDP: $765.7M; 0.77% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,151
Establishments: 606

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,641 31.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,091 20.9%
Manufacturing 919 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 514 9.8%
Professional & business services 363 6.9%
Public administration 203 3.9%
Construction 29 0.6%
Information 12 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $807
Owner-occupied: 6,239
Renter-occupied: 1,872

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,205 votes cast

Republican 6,487 63.6%
Democratic 3,510 34.4%
Other / third-party 208 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 148 0.9%
Chinese 69 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 54 0.3%
Slavic languages 54 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.3%
Other Indo-European 26 0.2%
German 20 0.1%
Arabic 14 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,111
Family households: 5,319; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,041
Single-mother households: 486
Veterans: 1,485; 10.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,139 6.8%
Evangelical Protestant 849 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 435 2.6%
Catholic 385 2.3%
Black Protestant 150 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 22.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Piscataquis 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: Dover-Foxcroft

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 20.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023