Washington County, Maine

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,440 87.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 796 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 234 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 104 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,280 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,391 4.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.2%

• Under 18 5,809 18.5%
• 18–24 2,228 7.1%
• 25–44 6,414 20.5%
• 45–64 8,627 27.5%
• 65 and over 8,253 26.3%

Median household income

$55,611

90% interval $51,915–$59,307

−$20,761 vs ME · 15th of 16

Below poverty line

16.2%

90% interval 13.2%–19.2%

+5.6 pp vs ME · 1st of 16

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

+2.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

1.49% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,810

Establishments

1,184

• Education & health services 3,402 33.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,149 21.2%
• Manufacturing 943 9.3%
• Public administration 928 9.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 675 6.7%
• Professional & business services 464 4.6%
• Financial activities 315 3.1%
• Construction 17 0.2%
• Information 8 0.1%
• Natural resources & mining 7 0.1%
• Other services 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 87.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.7%

+5.4 pp vs ME · 4th of 16

Median gross rent

$783

−$356 vs ME · 16th of 16

Owner-occupied

11,301

Renter-occupied

2,886

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $75,947/yr) pays 5.6× the lowest (Natural resources & mining, $13,577/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 11,003 61.0%
• Democratic 6,763 37.5%
• Other / third-party 282 1.6%

• Spanish 488 1.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 283 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 60 0.2%
• Chinese 36 0.1%
• Tagalog 28 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 12 0.0%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Vietnamese 4 0.0%

Households

14,187

Family households

8,468

59.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,706

20.1% of families

Single-mother families

745

8.8% of families

Veterans

2,983

11.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,030 6.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,747 5.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,672 5.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 705 2.3%

Health insured

90.9%

±1 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±1 pp

4th of 16

With a disability

22.6%

±1.3 pp

1st of 16

Bachelor's or higher

24.7%

±1.3 pp

−11.5 pp vs ME · 11th of 16

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.1%

90% interval 10.0%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Washington 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

Machias

Traffic fatalities

4

15.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3