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Congressional District 2, ME

695,382 Population
27,547.8 square miles 25.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,258 ±$774 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,936 ±$819
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,748 ±$1,539 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $73,733 ±$1,699
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13% ±0.7% (87,528  ±4,926) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.4% 140,460 (±0.6% / ±8,588)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.7 minutes ±0.7 (7,104,435  ±251,004) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 24.3 14,475,335 (±0.4 / ±345,306)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

309,243 ±4,397 Number of households
  • Maine: 616,085 ±5,376
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (674,404  ±4,745) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,354,209
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.7% ±0.9% (6,841  ±1,358) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.3% † 12,708 (±0.6% / ±1,842)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

391,492 ±1,898 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 757,424 ±1,338
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$226,200 ±$5,349 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $310,700 ±$6,249
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11% ±0.9% (76,058  ±6,432.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 147,375 (±0.7% / ±8,990.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.5% ±1.8% (480,466  ±9,574.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.9% 986,553 (±1.4% / ±14,190.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.2% ±1% (144,702  ±5,121.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 37% 384,543 (±0.9% / ±9,019.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

5.9% ±0.2% (38,549  ±1,284.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 6% 78,476 (±0.2% / ±1,970.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

3.2% ±0.3% (22,477  ±2,085) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.8% 53,448
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.6% ±0.5% (48,897  ±2,736) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8% 91,492 (±0.4% / ±4,343)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
48,897 Total veterans ±2,736 43,164 Male ±2,387 5,733 Female ±1,142

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