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Cumberland County, ME

313,809 Population
836.2 square miles 375.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,076 ±$1,969 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $45,286 ±$929
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,651 ±$4,581 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $76,442 ±$1,354
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.1% ±1.4% (24,705  ±4,100) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 144,428 (±0.6% / ±7,531)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.3 minutes ±1 (3,347,265  ±186,858) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 25.6 15,320,260 (±0.6 / ±437,300)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

136,509 ±2,632 Number of households
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (304,191  ±357) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,362,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±1.5% (3,020  ±1,073) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 11,443 (±0.7% / ±2,009)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

156,705 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$500,700 ±$19,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $341,900 ±$4,987
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±1.5% (36,849  ±4,724.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.3% 143,294 (±0.7% / ±9,144.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.8% ±3.3% (225,782  ±7,711.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 994,955 (±1.4% / ±15,133.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
53.4% ±2.4% (124,543  ±5,552) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 37.1% 389,612 (±1% / ±10,059.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

8.1% (25,550  ±3,554) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.5% (12,372  ±1,373) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 7.6% 87,817 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,372 Total veterans ±1,373 10,832 Male ±1,365 1,540 Female ±507

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