People QuickFacts	Kennebec County	Maine
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	121,853	1,329,192
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	122,151	1,328,361
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.2%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	122,151	1,328,361
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.1%	5.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	20.3%	20.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	15.8%	16.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.3%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.5%	95.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	1.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.8%	1.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.6%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.3%	1.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	95.4%	94.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.5%	86.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.4%	3.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.5%	7.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.9%	90.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	24.4%	27.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	13,400	134,547
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	22.8	23.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	61,197	725,577
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.2%	72.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	21.7%	19.3%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$151,000	$176,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	51,043	551,601
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.32	2.34
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,023	$26,195
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$46,904	$47,898
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.2%	12.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Kennebec County	Maine
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	3,323	40,571
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	43,645	480,932
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	0.9	-2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	8,549	110,374 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	12,364	150,389
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.8%	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	0.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.0%	25.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	584,124	16,363,192
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,195,617	8,823,719
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,382,310	20,444,031
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$19,729	$15,520
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	198,512	2,515,827
 	Building permits, 2011     	260	2,744

   	Geography QuickFacts	Kennebec County	Maine
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	867.52	30,842.92
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	140.8	43.1
 	FIPS Code    	011	23
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area	 

(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