| | People QuickFacts | Kennebec County | Maine |
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Population, 2011 estimate | NA | 1,328,188 |
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Population, 2010 | 122,151 | 1,328,361 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | 4.3% | 4.2% |
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Population, 2000 | 117,114 | 1,274,923 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.7% | 20.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 15.5% | 15.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.3% | 51.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 96.2% | 95.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 1.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 1.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.2% | 1.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 95.4% | 94.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 | 87.1% | 86.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 | 2.3% | 3.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 | 5.6% | 7.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 90.3% | 89.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 24.1% | 26.5% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 | 13,796 | 137,386 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 | 22.4 | 22.8 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 60,972 | 721,830 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 | 72.4% | 73.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 | 22.4% | 19.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 | $148,100 | $176,200 |
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Households, 2006-2010 | 50,869 | 551,125 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 | 2.34 | 2.34 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 | $24,656 | $25,385 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 | $45,973 | $46,933 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 | 12.5% | 12.6% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Kennebec County | Maine |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 | 3,360 | 40,6161 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 | 43,990 | 488,9321 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 | 1.7% | -0.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 | 8,687 | 109,679 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 12,364 | 150,389 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.8% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 0.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.0% | 25.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 584,124 | 16,363,192 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,195,617 | 8,823,719 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,382,310 | 20,444,031 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,729 | $15,520 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 198,512 | 2,515,827 |
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Building permits, 2010 | 303 | 3,0341 |
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Federal spending, 2009 | 2,149,680 | 14,462,6891 |
