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Maine

Ranked #15 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $43,279,000,000.00


Maine Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 1,321,574 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 3.7% 6.4%
Population, 2000 1,274,923 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 5.3% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 21.3% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 14.6% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.1% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 96.7% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.8% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.6% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.9% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) Z 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.0% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 1.0% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 95.8% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 59.6% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.9% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.8% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.4% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 22.9% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 237,910 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.7 25.5
Housing units, 2006 691,132 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.6% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.3% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $98,700 $119,600
Households, 2000 518,200 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.39 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $41,287 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,533 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 11.5% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Maine USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 41,9331 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 497,3871 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 1.1%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 114,020 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 135,410 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.2% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.5% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.6% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.5% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 24.0% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 13,851,915 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 10,371,084 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 16,053,515 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $12,370 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,045,841 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 7,2931 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 10,864,5511 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Maine USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 30,861.55 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 41.3 79.6
FIPS Code 23