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People QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
Maine |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
52,249 | 1,321,574 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
2.7% | 3.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
50,888 | 1,274,923 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
5.3% | 5.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
21.8% | 21.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
14.8% | 14.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
51.0% | 51.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
97.8% | 96.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.3% | 0.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.5% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.4% | 0.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.0% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
0.5% | 1.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
97.3% | 95.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
65.7% | 59.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.7% | 2.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.3% | 7.8% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.8% | 85.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
11.8% | 22.9% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
10,590 | 237,910 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
24.2 | 22.7 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
28,779 | 691,132 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
77.8% | 71.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
11.3% | 20.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$70,100 | $98,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
20,496 | 518,200 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.44 | 2.39 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$33,094 | $41,287 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$15,474 | $19,533 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
15.6% | 11.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
Maine |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
1,217 | 41,9331 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
14,788 | 497,3871 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-10.6% | 1.1%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
3,805 | 114,020 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
4,438 | 135,410 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.0% | 24.0% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
1,210,281 | 13,851,915 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 10,371,084 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
430,579 | 16,053,515 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,436 | $12,370 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
39,325 | 2,045,841 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
115 | 7,2931 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
323,464 | 10,864,5511 |
