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Aroostook County, ME

66,776 Population
6,671.2 square miles 10 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,162 ±$2,256 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $45,286 ±$929
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,439 ±$3,288 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $76,442 ±$1,354
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.7% ±2.8% (10,174  ±1,836) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 144,428 (±0.6% / ±7,531)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.3 minutes ±0.5 (476,875  ±20,047) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

30,889 ±1,043 Number of households
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (64,938  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,362,395
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.2% ±1.6% (416  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 11,443 (±0.7% / ±2,009)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

38,692 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$162,400 ±$10,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Maine: $341,900 ±$4,987
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.5% ±2.3% (5,632  ±1,514.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.3% 143,294 (±0.7% / ±9,144.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.8% ±4.5% (45,063  ±2,263.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 994,955 (±1.4% / ±15,133.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.5% ±2.6% (12,811  ±1,289.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 37.1% 389,612 (±1% / ±10,059.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% (2,890  ±664) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.2% ±1.7% (6,113  ±933) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 7.6% 87,817 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,113 Total veterans ±933 5,884 Male ±899 229 Female ±147

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