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Northeast Maine--Aroostook, Washington & Northern Penobscot Counties PUMA, ME

119,237 Population
11,402.7 square miles 10.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±1.5 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

$33,450 ±$1,435 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
$54,313 ±$2,995 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

15.8% ±1.9% (18,343  ±2,254) 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)

19.9 minutes ±1 (928,535  ±71,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 25.6 15,320,260 (±0.6 / ±437,300)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

54,365 ±1,733 Number of households
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (116,120  ±3,026) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,362,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±1.3% (761  ±301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 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

74,676 ±1,284 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$167,700 ±$7,575 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

8.9% ±1.9% (10,550  ±2,275) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 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

90.7% ±2.7% (81,908  ±3,063.2) 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)
24.3% ±1.8% (21,963  ±1,655.6) 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)

9.6% ±0.9% (11,056  ±1,041.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 6% 80,043 (±0.2% / ±2,746.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4% ±0.7% (4,758  ±885) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.7% ±1.3% (10,444  ±1,275) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 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)
10,444 Total veterans ±1,275 9,705 Male ±1,244 739 Female ±273

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