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The Northeast > Maine > People

MAINER PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age Dependency Ratio 56.3 [42nd of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > % Christian 39% [47th of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > All Evangelical /1000 130.7 [19th of 50]
Christianity > Demographics > All Mainline /1000 90.3 [28th of 50]
Christianity > Demographics > All Orthodox /1000 2.2 [22nd of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > Roman Catholic /1000 222 [18th of 51]
Demonym (name of state resident) Mainer or Down Easter
Median Age 40.7 [1st of 51]
Percent of Children With All Parents in the Labor Force 61.6 % [26th of 51]
Percent of Civilian Population Who are Veterans 14.5 % [3rd of 51]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Asia 20.6% [39th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Europe 26.1% [12th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Latin America 8.3% [46th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Mexico 1.3% [46th of 49]
Percent of Grandparents Responsible for their Grandchildren 43.5 % [30th of 51]
Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families With Own Children 19.4 % [45th of 51]
Percent of Households With One or More People 65 Years and Over 24.3 % [10th of 51]
Percent of Households With One or More People Under 18 Years 31.4 % [46th of 51]
Percent of People 21 to 64 Years Old With a Disability 15.3 % [8th of 51]
Percent of People 5 to 20 Years Old With a Disability 10.4 % [1st of 51]
Percent of People 65 Years and Over With a Disability 37.8 % [34th of 51]
Percent of People Who are 65 Years and Over 13.9 % [6th of 51]
Percent of People Who are 85 Years and Over 1.7 % [5th of 51]
Percent of People Who are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 0.4 % [27th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Asian Alone 0.7 % [45th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Black or African American Alone 0.6 % [47th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Foreign Born 3 % [43rd of 51]
Percent of People Who are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 0 % [40th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Some Other Race Alone 0.6 % [44th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Two or More Races 1.4 % [31st of 51]
Percent of People Who are Two or More Races Excluding Some Other Race 1.4 % [17th of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone 96.3 % [2nd of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino 96 % [2nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different House 1 Year Ago 12.6 % [45th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different House Within the Same State 1 Year Ago 10.2 % [41st of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different State 1 Year Ago 2.4 % [36th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak a Language Other Than English At Home 7.4 % [36th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak English Less Than "Very Well" 1.9 % [43rd of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak Spanish at Home 0.9 % [49th of 51]
Percent of residents over the age of 65 13.7% [13th of 51]
Percent of the Native Population Born in their State of Residence 68.4 % [24th of 51]
Percent of total population 0.43% [41st of 56]
Population 1,321,505 [41st of 56]
Population > Change in numbers, 2000-2005 46,582 [42nd of 52]
Population > Percent change, 2000-2005 3.7% [24th of 52]
Population density 41.3 [38th of 50]
Population density > Per km² 15.95 humans/km² [39th of 51]
Population density > Per sq. mi 41.3 humans/sq. mi [39th of 51]
Religion > No religion > Percent 16% [15th of 48]
Roman Catholicism > Largest Denomination Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism > Largest Sect Roman
Catholic
Roman Catholicism > No. of Dioceses/Archdioceses 1 [43rd of 50]
Roman Catholicism > Number 217,767 [34th of 50]
Roman Catholicism > Percentage of Catholics 25 [20th of 48]
Sex Ratio 94.9 [33rd of 51]
Spanish > Spanish-speaking population 12,576 [50th of 52]
Total Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders 13,810 [44th of 51]
Total Black Population 8,316 [45th of 51]
    Total Black Population (per capita) 0.629 per 100 people [48th of 51]
Total Hispanic Population 12,131 [48th of 51]
Total Native Americans 3,194 [44th of 51]
Total Two or More Races 28,260 [37th of 51]
Visitors to the United States > Percent of US total in 1998 0.5% [33rd of 41]
Visitors to the United States > Total in 1998 118,000 [33rd of 41]
    Visitors to the United States > Total in 1998 (per capita) 0.893 per 10 people [16th of 41]
Women (Per 1,000) Who Had a Birth in the Past 12 Months 45 [47th of 51]

SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Wikipedia: Christianity in the United States; StateMaster Research Team; American Community Survey 2004; US Census Bureau; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by population; US Census Bureau, July 1, 2005.; US Census Bureau, 2006; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by population density; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by percentage of population claiming no religion; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism in the United States ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism in the United States; Wikipedia: Spanish in the United States; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. States and Territories, Washington, DC

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