Jury Pool Profile

Somerset County, Maine

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 50,852
Median household income: $56,199
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,344 95.1%
Black or African American alone 241 0.5%
Asian alone 177 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 73 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 215 0.4%
Two or more races 1,792 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 737 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 9,467 18.6%
18–24 3,316 6.5%
25–44 11,416 22.4%
45–64 15,159 29.8%
65 and over 11,494 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 2.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,148
Establishments: 1,574

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,506 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,262 20.3%
Manufacturing 2,551 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,327 8.3%
Professional & business services 1,068 6.7%
Public administration 588 3.7%
Construction 41 0.3%
Information 15 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.3%
Median gross rent: $887
Owner-occupied: 17,567
Renter-occupied: 5,170

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,441 votes cast

Republican 17,826 62.7%
Democratic 10,134 35.6%
Other / third-party 481 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 635 1.3%
Spanish 221 0.5%
German 64 0.1%
Slavic languages 58 0.1%
Chinese 37 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.1%
Other Indo-European 19 0.0%
Tagalog 8 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,737
Family households: 13,749; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 10,843
Single-mother households: 999
Veterans: 4,560; 11% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

16.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,598 7.1%
Catholic 2,297 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,483 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 978 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Somerset 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: Skowhegan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 14.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023