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Penobscot County, Maine

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Table

	Penobscot County, Maine
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 153,704

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 153,704
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 152,202
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 1.0%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	152,199
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	153,923
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 4.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 17.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 19.4%
Female persons, percent	 50.1%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 94.5%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 1.3%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 Z
Two or More Races, percent	 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 1.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 93.2%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	10,920
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	3.0%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	75,655
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	69.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$157,100
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$1,316
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$465
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$870
Building permits, 2022	430
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	62,812
Persons per household, 2017-2021	2.32
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	84.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	4.5%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	92.2%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	84.8%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	30.0%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	13.6%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 9.6%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	60.5%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	58.6%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	365,736
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	1,719,612
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	372,974
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	3,261,511
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$21,488
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	22.4
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$55,125
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$31,318
Persons in poverty, percent	 14.6%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2021	4,153
Total employment, 2021	56,435
Total annual payroll, 2021 ($1,000)	2,763,649
Total employment, percent change, 2020-2021	-2.3%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2019	9,498
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	3,310
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,807
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	600
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	78
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	2,788
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	250
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	2,536

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	44.8
Population per square mile, 2010	45.3
Land area in square miles, 2020	3,397.20
Land area in square miles, 2010	3,397.36
FIPS Code	23019

About datasets used in this table

Value Notes

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Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories

Value Flags

-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
FFewer than 25 firms
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
XNot applicable
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
NANot available
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.