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Northwest Maine--Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Somerset Counties PUMA, ME

159,711 Population
11,659.1 square miles 13.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±0.4 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

$35,109 ±$1,674 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $45,286 ±$929
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,798 ±$2,894 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $76,442 ±$1,354
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13% ±1.5% (20,200  ±2,356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 144,428 (±0.6% / ±7,531)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,712,175  ±54,705) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

71,610 ±1,675 Number of households
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (156,083  ±137) 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

1.8% ±1% (579  ±315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 11,443 (±0.7% / ±2,009)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

104,620 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$227,800 ±$10,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $341,900 ±$4,987
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.8% ±1.2% (12,448  ±1,880.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.3% 143,294 (±0.7% / ±9,144.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.1% ±3.3% (114,038  ±4,157.1) 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)
24.5% ±1.9% (29,964  ±2,369.8) 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)

2.5% ±0.3% (3,700  ±392.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 6% 80,043 (±0.2% / ±2,746.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.7% (2,631  ±609) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9% ±0.9% (12,011  ±1,207) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 7.6% 87,817 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,011 Total veterans ±1,207 11,129 Male ±1,110 882 Female ±419

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