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Somerset County Facts

Census Statistics

	Somerset County	Maine
Population, 2003 estimate	51,154	1,305,728
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.5%	2.4%
Population, 2000	50,888	1,274,923
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	2.3%	3.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	5.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.7%	23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.3%	14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.0%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.0%	96.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.5%	0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.7%	96.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	65.7%	59.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.7%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.3%	7.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	80.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.8%	22.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	10,590	237,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.2	22.7?
Housing units, 2002	28,437	664,613
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.8%	71.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	11.3%	20.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$70,100	$98,700?
Households, 2000	20,496	518,200
Persons per household, 2000	2.44	2.39
Median household income, 1999	$30,731	$37,240
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,474	$19,533
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.9%	10.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,203	39,650
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	16,667	500,030
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.8%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,320	98,499
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,239,890	14,097,609
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	356,453	12,737,087
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,808	$10,229
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.1%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	97	7,207
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	274,144	9,205,104
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	3,926	30,862
Persons per square mile, 2000	13.0	41.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	025	23

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