People QuickFacts	Piscataquis County	Maine
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	17,290	1,329,192
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	17,535	1,328,361
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.4%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	17,535	1,328,361
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.2%	5.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	18.8%	20.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.1%	16.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.4%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	97.1%	95.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	1.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	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     	1.1%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.0%	1.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	96.3%	94.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.6%	86.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.6%	3.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.3%	7.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.9%	90.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	16.9%	27.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,190	134,547
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.1	23.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	15,467	725,577
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.2%	72.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	8.4%	19.3%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$106,900	$176,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,860	551,601
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.20	2.34
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,871	$26,195
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$35,123	$47,898
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	16.9%	12.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Piscataquis County	Maine
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	435	40,571
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	4,435	480,932
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-14.4	-2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,319	110,374 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,957	150,389
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.0%	25.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	119,373	16,363,192
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	8,823,719
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	196,521	20,444,031
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,440	$15,520
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	13,589	2,515,827
 	Building permits, 2011     	24	2,744

   	Geography QuickFacts	Piscataquis County	Maine
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3,960.86	30,842.92
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	4.4	43.1
 	FIPS Code    	021	23
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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