People QuickFacts Maine USA Population, 2012 estimate 1,329,192 313,914,040 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,328,361 308,747,508 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 1.7% Population, 2010 1,328,361 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.1% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.3% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.3% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.4% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.4% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 94.3% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.2% 84.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.3% 12.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.0% 20.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.2% 85.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.1% 28.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 134,547 22,215,303 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.0 25.4  Housing units, 2011 725,577 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.7% 66.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.3% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $176,600 $186,200 Households, 2007-2011 551,601 114,761,359 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.34 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,195 $27,915 Median household income, 2007-2011 $47,898 $52,762 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.8% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Maine USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 40,112 7,354,043 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 479,728 113,425,965 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -0.3% 1.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 110,374 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 150,389 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.6% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 16,363,192 5,319,456,312 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,823,719 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 20,444,031 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,520 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,515,827 613,795,732 Building permits, 2012 3,001 829,658     Geography QuickFacts Maine USA Land area in square miles, 2010 30,842.92 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 43.1 87.4 FIPS Code 23 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts