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Median household income, Black householders in Maine

Maine ranks 26th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Maine, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Maine$55,930
plus or minus $6,251
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Maine: $74,733 (plus or minus $795). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Washington County $98,229, plus or minus $18,300. Ranked 1st of 3 counties. What is Washington County doing that works? Furthest to go: Cumberland County, $49,623. See Washington County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Maine

3 ranked of 16
Margin of error
1 Washington County $98,229 plus or minus $18,300 $56,024
2 Androscoggin County $49,804 plus or minus $6,697 $67,873
3 Cumberland County $49,623 plus or minus $6,951 $95,677
Not ranked Aroostook County Not published: too few people in the survey $56,700
Not ranked Franklin County Not published: too few people in the survey $58,675
Not ranked Hancock County $59,375 Wide margin of error plus or minus $54,534 $72,744
Not ranked Kennebec County $45,230 Wide margin of error plus or minus $16,863 $69,077
Not ranked Knox County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,096
Not ranked Lincoln County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,875
Not ranked Oxford County $152,386 Wide margin of error plus or minus $41,517 $60,173
Not ranked Penobscot County $68,458 Wide margin of error plus or minus $26,130 $66,356
Not ranked Piscataquis County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,345
Not ranked Sagadahoc County $111,250 Wide margin of error plus or minus $32,741 $87,806
Not ranked Somerset County $167,958 Wide margin of error plus or minus $94,129 $58,179
Not ranked Waldo County $128,182 Wide margin of error plus or minus $69,849 $72,782
Not ranked York County $62,165 Wide margin of error plus or minus $16,669 $88,333

Ranked: the 3 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.