| | People QuickFacts | Oxford County | Maine |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 57,481 | 1,329,192 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 57,831 | 1,328,361 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 0.1% |
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Population, 2010 | 57,833 | 1,328,361 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.0% | 5.1% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.9% | 20.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 17.3% | 16.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.5% | 51.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 97.0% | 95.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 1.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.1% | 1.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 96.1% | 94.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.9% | 86.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.6% | 3.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.6% | 7.0% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.2% | 90.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.3% | 27.1% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,360 | 134,547 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 26.4 | 23.0 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 36,251 | 725,577 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.0% | 72.7% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.5% | 19.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $144,200 | $176,600 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 23,512 | 551,601 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.39 | 2.34 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,735 | $26,195 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $40,889 | $47,898 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.4% | 12.8% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Oxford County | Maine |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,335 | 40,5711 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 14,041 | 480,9321 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -11.9 | -2.21 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 4,385 | 110,374 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 6,099 | 150,389 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | F | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.6% | 25.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 865,837 | 16,363,192 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 188,252 | 8,823,719 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 489,480 | 20,444,031 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,647 | $15,520 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 92,619 | 2,515,827 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 123 | 2,744 |