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Maine Population

People QuickFacts Maine
Population, 2005 estimate 1,321,505
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.7%
Population, 2000 1,274,923
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004 5.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004 21.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2004 51.2%
 
White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 96.9%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 0.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 0.9%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 96.1%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 59.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 22.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 237,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.7
 
Housing units, 2004 676,667
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $98,700
 
Households, 2000 518,200
Persons per household, 2000 2.39
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,533
Median household income, 2003 $39,212
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.7%
Business QuickFacts Maine
Private nonfarm establishments, 2003 40,7011
Private nonfarm employment, 2003 488,9731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003 -0.6%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2003 107,236
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 13,851,915
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 16,053,515
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $12,370
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 2.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 8,7711
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 10,864,5511
Geography QuickFacts Maine
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 30,862
Persons per square mile, 2000 41.3
FIPS Code 23
 

 

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