Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Maine

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 31,261
Median household income: $52,237
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,657 88.5%
Black or African American alone 311 1.0%
Asian alone 109 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,496 4.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.1%
Some other race alone 151 0.5%
Two or more races 1,519 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 734 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.6

Under 18 5,847 18.7%
18–24 2,219 7.1%
25–44 6,344 20.3%
45–64 8,780 28.1%
65 and over 8,071 25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +2.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 1.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,219
Establishments: 1,194

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,407 33.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,221 21.8%
Manufacturing 982 9.6%
Public administration 917 9.0%
Leisure & hospitality 648 6.3%
Professional & business services 479 4.7%
Construction 17 0.2%
Financial activities 14 0.1%
Natural resources & mining 9 0.1%
Information 7 0.1%
Other services 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $768
Owner-occupied: 10,919
Renter-occupied: 3,070

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,048 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Other 655 2.2%
Spanish 472 1.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 250 0.8%
German 81 0.3%
Other Indo-European 74 0.2%
Chinese 31 0.1%
Tagalog 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 10 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,989
Family households: 8,466; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 6,205
Single-mother households: 816
Veterans: 3,104; 12.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

19.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 15.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023