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People QuickFacts | Piscataquis County | Maine
Population, 2013 estimate | 17,124 | 1,328,302
Population, 2012 estimate | 17,266 | 1,328,501
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,535 | 1,328,361
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -2.3% | Z
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.5% | Z
Population, 2010 | 17,535 | 1,328,361
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.4% | 5.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 18.7% | 20.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 21.9% | 17.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.2% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 97.0% | 95.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.2% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.1% | 1.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 96.1% | 94.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 90.2% | 86.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.8% | 3.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 3.4% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 87.5% | 90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 16.2% | 27.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,088 | 130,685
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 24.3 | 23.3
Housing units, 2012 | 15,361 | 724,224
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 78.5% | 72.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 8.5% | 19.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $102,700 | $175,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 7,765 | 553,208
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.21 | 2.34
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,292 | $26,464
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $36,606 | $48,219
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.7% | 13.3%
Business QuickFacts | Piscataquis County | Maine
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 436 | 40,112
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 4,445 | 479,728
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.2% | -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,310 | 110,500
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, 2012 | 16 | 3,001
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