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State Senate District 8, ME

38,953 Population
1,023.6 square miles 38.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,913 ±$1,288 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$55,201 ±$4,375 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.6% ±1.9% (6,120  ±680) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22 minutes ±0.8 (350,915  ±23,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

15,464 ±539 Number of households
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (34,898  ±537) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.9% ±2.7% (575  ±265) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

19,174 ±547 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$167,600 ±$7,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.8% ±1.9% (7,242  ±740.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.1% ±3.7% (23,953  ±1,060.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
33.2% ±2.6% (8,435  ±671.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.8% ±0.7% (1,472  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.6% ±1% (2,549  ±339) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,549 Total veterans ±339 2,303 Male ±324 246 Female ±115

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