Somerset County, Maine

• White (non-Hispanic) 47,820 93.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 787 1.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 249 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 192 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,739 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 71 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 90 0.2%

• Under 18 9,389 18.4%
• 18–24 3,258 6.4%
• 25–44 11,611 22.8%
• 45–64 14,978 29.4%
• 65 and over 11,723 23.0%

Median household income

$60,314

90% interval $56,005–$64,623

−$16,058 vs ME · 13th of 16

Below poverty line

14.5%

90% interval 12.1%–16.9%

+3.9 pp vs ME · 3rd of 16

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+1.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

2.46% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,195

Establishments

1,583

• Education & health services 4,426 27.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,259 20.6%
• Manufacturing 2,524 15.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,317 8.3%
• Professional & business services 1,064 6.7%
• Public administration 602 3.8%
• Construction 38 0.2%
• Information 15 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 83.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.4%

+3.1 pp vs ME · 9th of 16

Median gross rent

$910

−$229 vs ME · 11th of 16

Owner-occupied

17,968

Renter-occupied

5,241

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $75,650/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Information, $20,436/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 599 1.2%
• Spanish 235 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 97 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 76 0.2%
• Chinese 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%
• Korean 6 0.0%

Households

23,209

Family households

13,951

60.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,230

23.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,108

7.9% of families

Veterans

4,429

10.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±0.9 pp

8th of 16

With a disability

19.4%

±1.2 pp

5th of 16

Bachelor's or higher

21.1%

±1.5 pp

−15.1 pp vs ME · 16th of 16

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.1%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

Traffic fatalities

15

36.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14