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Maine
Population Statistics |
Maine |
USA |
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| Population,
2000 |
1,274,923 |
281,421,906 |
| Population,
percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
3.8% |
13.1% |
| Persons
under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.5% |
6.8% |
| Persons
under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
23.6% |
25.7% |
| Persons
65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.4% |
12.4% |
| White
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
96.9% |
75.1% |
| Black
or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
12.3% |
| American
Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% |
0.9% |
| Asian
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% |
3.6% |
| Persons
reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
5.5% |
| Persons
reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.0% |
2.4% |
| Female
persons, percent, 2000 |
51.3% |
50.9% |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
0.7% |
12.5% |
| White
persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
96.5% |
69.1% |
| High
school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 |
627,153 |
119,524,718 |
| College
graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 |
149,352 |
32,310,253 |
| Housing
units, 2000 |
651,901 |
115,904,641 |
| Homeownership
rate, 2000 |
71.6% |
66.2% |
| Households,
2000 |
518,200 |
105,480,101 |
| Persons per
household, 2000 |
2.39 |
2.59 |
| Households
with persons under 18, percent, 2000 |
32.4% |
36.0% |
| Median
household money income, 1997 model-based estimate |
$33,140 |
$37,005 |
| Persons
below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate |
10.7% |
13.3% |
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Children
below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate |
14.9% |
19.9% |
| Persons
per square mile, 2000 |
41.3 |
79.6 |
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