Hancock County Facts

Census Statistics

	Hancock County	Maine
Population, 2003 estimate	52,792	1,305,728
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.9%	2.4%
Population, 2000	51,791	1,274,923
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	10.3%	3.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.9%	5.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.3%	23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.0%	14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.1%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.6%	96.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.2%	96.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.7%	59.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.3%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.6%	7.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.1%	22.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	9,287	237,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.4	22.7?
Housing units, 2002	34,711	664,613
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.7%	71.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	8.7%	20.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$108,600	$98,700?
Households, 2000	21,864	518,200
Persons per household, 2000	2.31	2.39
Median household income, 1999	$35,811	$37,240
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,809	$19,533
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.2%	10.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,108	39,650
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	17,417	500,030
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.9%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,504	98,499
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	551,013	14,097,609
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	490,018	12,737,087
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,880	$10,229
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	1.8%	2.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.9%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	517	7,207
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	336,720	9,205,104
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,588	30,862
Persons per square mile, 2000	32.6	41.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	009	23

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