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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
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 | 2.2 | 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 [NAME] 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 | 21 | 23
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(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