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Kennebec County, ME

128,461 Population
867.5 square miles 148.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,061 ±$2,115 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $45,286 ±$929
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,259 ±$4,883 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $76,442 ±$1,354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.5% ±2.6% (14,269  ±3,240) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 144,428 (±0.6% / ±7,531)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.4 minutes ±0.8 (1,295,020  ±55,155) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

55,938 ±1,581 Number of households
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (123,603  ±106) 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

3.6% ±2% (990  ±548) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 11,443 (±0.7% / ±2,009)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,448 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$281,200 ±$11,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $341,900 ±$4,987
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±2.9% (17,077  ±3,718.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 10.3% 143,294 (±0.7% / ±9,144.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.9% ±4.7% (88,281  ±4,443.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 994,955 (±1.4% / ±15,133.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.3% ±2.6% (29,415  ±2,447.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 37.1% 389,612 (±1% / ±10,059.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.9% (3,718  ±1,060) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.3% ±1.2% (8,762  ±1,236) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 7.6% 87,817 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,762 Total veterans ±1,236 7,752 Male ±1,100 1,010 Female ±580

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