Jury Pool Profile

Waldo County, Maine

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 40,006
Median household income: $68,441
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,554 93.9%
Black or African American alone 232 0.6%
Asian alone 170 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 70 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 392 1.0%
Two or more races 1,588 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 609 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 7,207 18.0%
18–24 2,841 7.1%
25–44 8,943 22.4%
45–64 11,216 28.0%
65 and over 9,799 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 2.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,674
Establishments: 1,459

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,787 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,171 19.3%
Professional & business services 1,672 14.8%
Manufacturing 1,081 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 992 8.8%
Financial activities 640 5.7%
Other services 486 4.3%
Public administration 375 3.3%
Construction 31 0.3%
Information 15 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $969
Owner-occupied: 14,141
Renter-occupied: 3,335

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,130 votes cast

Democratic 12,661 50.4%
Republican 11,815 47.0%
Other / third-party 654 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

German 735 1.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 372 1.0%
Spanish 271 0.7%
Other Indo-European 147 0.4%
Chinese 94 0.2%
Slavic languages 67 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.1%
Tagalog 33 0.1%
Other 29 0.1%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,476
Family households: 11,010; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 8,482
Single-mother households: 929
Veterans: 2,592; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

14.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,192 5.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,818 4.6%
Catholic 1,000 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 885 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.6%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waldo 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: Belfast

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 9.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023