Maine Demographic Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

SEX AND AGE
	Number	Percent

Total population	1,274,923	100.0

Male	620,309	48.7
Female	654,614	51.3

Under 5 years	70,726	5.5
5 to 9 years	83,022	6.5
10 to 14 years	92,252	7.2
15 to 19 years	89,485	7.0
20 to 24 years	69,656	5.5
25 to 34 years	157,617	12.4
35 to 44 years	212,980	16.7
45 to 54 years	192,596	15.1
55 to 59 years	68,490	5.4
60 to 64 years	54,697	4.3
65 to 74 years	96,196	7.5
75 to 84 years	63,890	5.0
85 years and over	23,316	1.8

Median age (years)	38.6	(X)

18 years and over	973,685	76.4
Male	465,746	36.5
Female	507,939	39.8
21 years and over	924,108	72.5
62 years and over	215,732	16.9
65 years and over	183,402	14.4
Male	76,004	6.0
Female	107,398	8.4

RACE
One race	1,262,276	99.0
White	1,236,014	96.9
Black or African American	6,760	0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	7,098	0.6
Asian	9,111	0.7
Asian Indian	1,021	0.1
Chinese	2,034	0.2
Filipino	1,159	0.1
Japanese	616	0.0
Korean	875	0.1
Vietnamese	1,323	0.1
Other Asian ¹	2,083	0.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	382	0.0
Native Hawaiian	90	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	70	0.0
Samoan	109	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	113	0.0
Some other race	2,911	0.2
Two or more races	12,647	1.0

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	1,247,776	97.9
Black or African American	9,553	0.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	13,156	1.0
Asian	11,827	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	792	0.1
Some other race	5,227	0.4

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	1,274,923	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	9,360	0.7
Mexican	2,756	0.2
Puerto Rican	2,275	0.2
Cuban	478	0.0
Other Hispanic or Latino	3,851	0.3
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,265,563	99.3
White alone	1,230,297	96.5

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	1,274,923	100.0
In households	1,240,011	97.3
Householder	518,200	40.6
Spouse	272,152	21.3
Child	342,506	26.9
Own child under 18 years	279,827	21.9
Other relatives	33,361	2.6
Under 18 years	11,354	0.9
Nonrelatives	73,792	5.8
Unmarried partner	37,881	3.0
In group quarters	34,912	2.7
Institutionalized population	13,091	1.0
Noninstitutionalized population	21,821	1.7

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	518,200	100.0
Family households (families)	340,685	65.7
With own children under 18 years	157,325	30.4
Married-couple family	272,152	52.5
With own children under 18 years	112,767	21.8
Female householder, no husband present	49,022	9.5
With own children under 18 years	32,352	6.2
Nonfamily households	177,515	34.3
Householder living alone	139,969	27.0
Householder 65 years and over	55,483	10.7

Households with individuals under 18 years	167,685	32.4
Households with individuals 65 years and over	128,137	24.7

Average household size	2.39	(X)
Average family size	2.90	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	651,901	100.0
Occupied housing units	518,200	79.5
Vacant housing units	133,701	20.5
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	101,470	15.6

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.7	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.0	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	518,200	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	370,905	71.6
Renter-occupied housing units	147,295	28.4

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.54	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.03	(X)

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.

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