Knox County, Maine Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Maine



Knox County, Maine

People QuickFactsKnox CountyMaine
Population, 2005 estimate 41,2191,321,505
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.0%3.7%
Population, 2000 39,6181,274,923
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 4.8%5.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 19.6%21.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 17.2%14.6%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.7%51.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)98.4%96.9%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.4%0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.7%0.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)0.8%1.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 97.7%96.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 59.5%59.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.1%2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.4%7.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.5%85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.2%22.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 6,329237,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 18.922.7
Housing units, 2005 22,980683,799
Homeownership rate, 2000 74.0%71.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 14.1%20.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $112,200$98,700
Households, 2000 16,608518,200
Persons per household, 2000 2.312.39
Median household income, 2003 $39,896$39,212
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,981$19,533
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.5%10.7%
Business QuickFactsKnox CountyMaine
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 1,65141,2691
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 14,601494,2561
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 3.4%0.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 5,937111,079
Total number of firms, 2002 7,048135,410
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NANA
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 19.0%24.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 218,90513,851,915
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 177,09910,371,084
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 490,40516,053,515
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $12,103$12,370
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 82,0342,045,841
Building permits, 2005 2688,9691
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 262,84110,864,5511
Geography QuickFactsKnox CountyMaine
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 36530,861
Persons per square mile, 2000 108.241.3
FIPS Code 01323
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Rockland, ME Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, 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, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:53 EST
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