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Hancock County, ME

People
Population	56,460	B01003
Population, 2020 census	55,478	P1
Median age	49.0	B01002
Under 18	16.2%	B01001
65 and over	26.6%	B01001
Households	25,572	B11001
Foreign born	3.3%	B05002

Money
Median household income	$72,744	B19013
Median family income	$95,992	B19113
Per capita income	$44,241	B19301
Poverty rate	9.9%	B17001
Unemployment rate	4.6%	B23025
Civilian labor force	29,014	B23025
Mean commute (minutes)	25.4	B08013

Education
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	B15003

Housing
Housing units	40,765	B25001
Owner-occupied	78.5%	B25003
Renters	21.5%	B25003
Median home value	$310,400	B25077
Median gross rent	$1,061	B25064

Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic	92.6%	B03002
Black	1.0%	B03002
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	B03002
Asian	1.0%	B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.4%	B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 97% of Maine's ($74,733); poverty 9.9% against 10.7%; 4.1% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

Ellsworth 8,657 · median household income $77,375
Bucksport 3,105 · median household income $62,011
Bar Harbor 2,296 · median household income $67,701
Castine 996 · median household income $168,516
Blue Hill 799 · median household income $-666,666,666
Southwest Harbor 566 · median household income $33,958
Northeast Harbor 419 · median household income $92,415
Winter Harbor 371 · median household income $86,667

FURP records in Hancock County, ME

Records	How many	Total	Biggest
Nonprofits	1,047	$1,186,485,612 revenue (latest return)	JACKSON LABORATORY ($652,542,607)
Nonprofit contractors	77	$71,024,820 paid by nonprofits	EL Shea ($24,091,020)
Colleges and schools	2	1,280 enrollment	Maine Maritime Academy (913)
Form D issuers	14	$277,802,279 amount sold	COOK VALUE PARTNERSHIP, L.P. ($212,325,359)
Political committees	15		WRITE-IN-RILEY DOT COM
Form 5500 plan sponsors	138	171 plans	BAR HARBOR BANK & TRUST (8)
Open Payments recipients	132	$41,795 industry payments	ALEXANDER KULCZYCKI ($5,523)
Food recall firms	3	8 recalls	Bar Harbor Jam Company (3)
Patent and trademark owners	72	313 patents and marks	The Jackson Laboratory (122)
Federal award recipients	5,796	$2,119,056,314 federal awards	JACKSON LABORATORY ($1,346,599,515)
State business registrations	214		COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC

Cross-reference: 1,047 nonprofits for 56,460 residents is 185.4 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $1,186,485,612 is $21,015 per resident, 63.8% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#	Name	Title	Organization	Pay	Year	Times the median household income
1	Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI	PRESIDENT & CEO	JACKSON LABORATORY	$2,746,750	2024	37.8x
2	EDISON T LIU MD UNTIL 1121	PRESIDENT & CEO	JACKSON LABORATORY	$1,791,641	2021	24.6x
3	AUROBINDO NAIR	EXECUTIVE VP & PRESIDENT JMCRS	JACKSON LABORATORY	$1,576,794	2021	21.7x
4	Mitchell Kennedy	EXECUTIVE VP & PRESIDENT, JMCRS	JACKSON LABORATORY	$1,385,901	2024	19.1x
5	AUROBINDO NAIR UNTIL 922	EXECUTIVE VP & PRESIDENT JMCRS	JACKSON LABORATORY	$1,070,589	2022	14.7x
6	Douglas W Abbott	SR VICE PRESIDENT & CFO	JACKSON LABORATORY	$963,417	2024	13.2x
7	Mary Dickinson	EXECUTIVE VP & CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER	JACKSON LABORATORY	$836,899	2024	11.5x
8	David Grass	VP, JMCRS MICE & SERVICE OPS (UNTIL 10/23)	JACKSON LABORATORY	$788,081	2023	10.8x
9	Andy Greene	SR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH	JACKSON LABORATORY	$728,486	2024	10.0x
10	KENNETH H FASMAN	SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT RESEARCH	JACKSON LABORATORY	$721,015	2021	9.9x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $72,744.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

JACKSON LABORATORY Bar Harbor, ME · $652,542,607
MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC Ellsworth, ME · $138,801,505
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL Bar Harbor, ME · $101,028,358
COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC Bar Harbor, ME · $31,939,740
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Bar Harbor, ME · $20,469,754
BUCKSPORT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Bucksport, ME · $13,273,967
FRIENDS OF ACADIA Bar Harbor, ME · $12,663,310
MAINE SEACOAST MISSION Northeast Harbor, ME · $9,836,810
DOWNEAST HORIZONS INC Bar Harbor, ME · $9,494,947
WASHINGTON HANCOCK COMMUNITY AGENCY Ellsworth, ME · $6,444,387

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

EL Shea Ellsworth, ME · $24,091,020
E L SHEA Ellsworth, ME · $6,509,620
MORRIS YACHTS Bass Harbor, ME · $5,383,681
BHA LLC Blue Hill, ME · $3,838,755
Bay View Physical Therapy Ellsworth, ME · $2,379,593
BK Burgess Inc Deer Isle, ME · $1,726,301
MDI BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Bar Harbor, ME · $1,621,018
Surapeneni P Ramanadha Rao Bucksport, ME · $1,519,000
J&D Imaging Inc Bar Harbor, ME · $1,433,043
Integra Health Holden, ME · $1,337,540

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME · 913
College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME · 367

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

COOK VALUE PARTNERSHIP, L.P. Southwest Harbor, ME · $212,325,359
BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES Bar Harbor, ME · $40,000,000
Shellfish Solutions Inc. Castine, ME · $10,781,336
Hydro-Photon Inc Blue Hill, ME · $7,250,000
Novo Biosciences, Inc. Lamoine, ME · $4,075,000
Dirigo Angel Fund I, LLC Holden, ME · $2,430,000
Zero Energy Homes, Inc. Mount Desert, ME · $515,584
Cranberry Island Boatworks, Inc. Cranberry Isles, ME · $200,000
BAR HARBOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INC Trenton, ME · $180,000
Zero Energy Homes, LLC Mount Desert, ME · $45,000

Political committees

AMERICA'S TERM LIMITS CAMPAIGN Bar Harbor, ME
COMMUNITIES UNITED SUPER PAC Indian Island, ME
DUNBARS HOT WATER COMMITTEE Orland, ME
ELECT 88 Bar Harbor, ME
GRAHAM FOR MAINE Ellsworth, ME
HANDRAHAN FOR CONGRESS Ellsworth, ME
MAX LINN FOR SENATE 2020 Bar Harbor, ME
MAX LINN FOR U.S. SENATE Ellsworth, ME
ROB CROSS FOR CONGRESS Dedham, ME
S CHARLES TAMBOIA COMMITTEE TO ELECT Ellsworth, ME

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

ALEXANDER KULCZYCKI Bar Harbor, ME · $5,523
ROBERT D WEISS Bar Harbor, ME · $4,222
PETER G. COPITHORNE Ellsworth, ME · $3,877
JESSE R CLOUTIER Ellsworth, ME · $2,013
TUNG NGUYEN Bar Harbor, ME · $1,678
MICHAEL NOPARSTAK Ellsworth, ME · $1,545
SHYAM VADLAPATLA Ellsworth, ME · $1,426
RUTH Billings TAINTER Ellsworth, ME · $1,370
SPENCER A ROSS Ellsworth, ME · $1,173
TRAVIS CASTLEBERRY Blue Hill, ME · $1,051

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Bar Harbor Jam Company Bar Harbor, ME · 3
Greenhead Lobster Products LLC Bucksport, ME · 3
Allen's Blueberry Freezer, Inc. Ellsworth, ME · 2

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME · 122
Desert Harvest, Inc. Ellsworth, ME · 18
Salisbury Cove Associates, Inc. Bar Harbor, ME · 18
Hydro-Photon, Inc. Blue Hill, ME · 9
THE ARMAID COMPANY, INC. Blue Hill, ME · 7
FRETZ DESIGN, LLC Bucksport, ME · 6
Taunton Bay Oyster Co., Inc. Ellsworth, ME · 6
Training & Development Corporation Bucksport, ME · 6
Hinckley Company, The Southwest Harbor, ME · 5
Mount Desert Island Ice Cream Bar Harbor, ME · 5

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

JACKSON LABORATORY Bar Harbor, ME · $1,346,599,515
MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY Castine, ME · $133,851,701
THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Bar Harbor, ME · $79,430,367
ELLSWORTH HOUSING AUTHORITY Bar Harbor, ME · $50,119,368
BUCKSPORT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Bucksport, ME · $44,636,379
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS Ellsworth, ME · $38,267,654
COUNTY OF HANCOCK Ellsworth, ME · $36,543,134
DOWNEAST TRANSPORTATION, INC. Trenton, ME · $30,135,493
MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY Castine, ME · $27,344,476
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Bucksport, ME · $25,117,852

All 18 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

Tract	Population	Median household income	Poverty rate	Median age
Census Tract 9667	5,899	$75,024	11.1%	50.7
Census Tract 9659	5,244	$77,180	10.1%	49.2
Census Tract 9653	5,016	$64,720	6.7%	42.7
Census Tract 9655.04	4,792	$83,952	6.0%	43.5
Census Tract 9663	4,649	$77,319	5.6%	51.1
Census Tract 9655.03	3,931	$67,196	13.2%	42.4
Census Tract 9666	3,310	$61,613	17.0%	53.6
Census Tract 9657	3,219	$65,625	13.9%	45.3
Census Tract 9665	2,996	$67,461	11.8%	52.9
Census Tract 9651	2,627	$66,733	14.8%	51.2
Census Tract 9664	2,516	$74,050	15.3%	40.4
Census Tract 9654	2,396	$67,862	8.0%	50.5
Census Tract 9652	2,361	$106,094	8.6%	50.1
Census Tract 9658	2,108	$62,044	6.4%	60.9
Census Tract 9662	1,976	$88,405	5.4%	48.7
Census Tract 9661	1,749	$63,028	8.7%	48.8
Census Tract 9660	1,671	$92,813	7.4%	54.9
Census Tract 9900	0	$-666,666,666	-	-666666666.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0