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Maine

1,405,012 Population
30,845 square miles 45.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,286 ±$929 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$76,442 ±$1,354 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.6% ±0.6% (144,428  ±7,531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.6 minutes ±0.6 (15,320,260  ±437,300) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

615,235 ±5,086 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 (1,362,395  ±) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±0.7% (11,443  ±2,009) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

764,713 ±115 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$341,900 ±$4,987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±0.7% (143,294  ±9,144.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±1.4% (994,955  ±15,133.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.1% ±1% (389,612  ±10,059.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6% ±0.2% (80,043  ±2,746.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.7% (65,815  ±4,793) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±0.4% (87,817  ±4,115) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
87,817 Total veterans ±4,115 78,989 Male ±4,009 8,828 Female ±1,312

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