| | People QuickFacts | Maine | USA |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 1,329,192 | 313,914,040 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,328,361 | 308,747,508 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.1% | 1.7% |
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Population, 2010 | 1,328,361 | 308,745,538 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.1% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.3% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 16.3% | 13.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.1% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 95.4% | 78.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 13.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 5.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 2.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.4% | 16.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 94.3% | 63.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.2% | 84.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.3% | 12.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.0% | 20.3% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.2% | 85.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 27.1% | 28.2% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 134,547 | 22,215,303 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.0 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 725,577 | 132,312,404 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.7% | 66.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.3% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $176,600 | $186,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 551,601 | 114,761,359 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.34 | 2.60 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,195 | $27,915 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,898 | $52,762 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.8% | 14.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Maine | USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 40,1121 | 7,354,043 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 479,7281 | 113,425,965 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -0.3%1 | 1.3% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 110,374 | 22,110,628 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 150,389 | 27,092,908 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 8.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.6% | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 16,363,192 | 5,319,456,312 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,823,719 | 4,174,286,516 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,444,031 | 3,917,663,456 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,520 | $12,990 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,515,827 | 613,795,732 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 3,0011 | 829,658 |