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Southern Penobscot County PUMA, ME

134,081 Population
1,228.4 square miles 109.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 45.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,487 ±$2,380 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $41,188 ±$915
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$62,773 ±$3,694 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $69,543 ±$1,494
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

15.1% ±2.7% (19,351  ±3,532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 145,161 (±0.7% / ±8,962)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.4 minutes ±1.8 (1,341,640  ±135,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.7 14,215,390 (±0.4 / ±346,556)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

56,896 ±1,609 Number of households
  • Maine: 605,338 ±5,032
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (128,113  ±3,366) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,347,918
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

7.5% ±2.7% (2,291  ±825) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 5.7% † 16,407 (±0.8% / ±2,393)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

62,607 ±1,222 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 751,697 ±844
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$217,300 ±$11,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $290,600 ±$4,893
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.3% ±2% (16,298  ±2,705.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.3% 141,943 (±0.6% / ±7,669.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

94.7% ±3.9% (89,809  ±4,673.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.6% 974,973 (±1.4% / ±14,551.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
28.3% ±2.4% (26,809  ±2,466.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 36.1% 371,558 (±0.9% / ±9,132.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

4.7% ±0.9% (5,828  ±1,109.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 5.9% 77,356 (±0.2% / ±2,649.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

2.8% ±0.6% (3,803  ±837) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,419
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.2% ±1% (7,832  ±1,063) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 9% 101,873 (±0.3% / ±3,903)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
7,832 Total veterans ±1,063 7,549 Male ±1,034 283 Female ±215

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