Maine Census Data: Households & Families

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Maine Census Data: Households & Families

Household and Family statistics for Maine counties are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

Maine Census Data: Households & Families
Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Maine	518,200	65.7	30.4	52.5	9.5	34.3	27.0	10.7	2.39	2.90	Maine
Androscoggin Co.	42,028	64.7	30.9	49.6	10.8	35.3	28.3	11.0	2.38	2.91	Androscoggin Co.
Aroostook Co.	30,356	67.3	28.4	55.6	8.1	32.7	27.6	13.1	2.36	2.86	Aroostook Co.
Cumberland Co.	107,989	62.7	30.1	50.1	9.5	37.3	28.4	10.2	2.38	2.95	Cumberland Co.
Franklin Co.	11,806	65.6	29.5	52.4	9.2	34.4	25.8	10.5	2.40	2.88	Franklin Co.
Hancock Co.	21,864	65.1	28.2	53.5	8.1	34.9	27.9	11.6	2.31	2.81	Hancock Co.
Kennebec Co.	47,683	65.7	31.2	51.6	10.0	34.3	27.6	10.6	2.38	2.89	Kennebec Co.
Knox Co.	16,608	64.6	28.3	52.2	9.0	35.4	29.0	12.7	2.31	2.83	Knox Co.
Lincoln Co.	14,158	67.4	28.2	56.1	7.7	32.6	26.7	12.1	2.35	2.82	Lincoln Co.
Oxford Co.	22,314	68.0	30.4	54.1	9.5	32.0	25.6	11.0	2.42	2.87	Oxford Co.
Penobscot Co.	58,096	65.1	30.1	51.5	9.9	34.9	26.7	10.0	2.38	2.88	Penobscot Co.
Piscataquis Co.	7,278	66.7	28.6	54.1	8.4	33.3	27.8	14.0	2.34	2.83	Piscataquis Co.
Sagadahoc Co.	14,117	68.3	33.2	54.6	9.6	31.7	25.2	9.3	2.47	2.96	Sagadahoc Co.
Somerset Co.	20,496	68.9	31.6	54.2	10.1	31.1	24.6	10.2	2.44	2.87	Somerset Co.
Waldo Co.	14,726	68.3	30.7	55.2	9.0	31.7	24.9	9.6	2.43	2.88	Waldo Co.
Washington Co.	14,118	65.9	28.0	52.1	9.5	34.1	28.3	13.1	2.34	2.84	Washington Co.
York Co.	74,563	68.2	32.2	55.0	9.5	31.8	24.9	9.7	2.47	2.96	York Co.

Reading the Chart:

The entries under the Percent of total households headings are percentages. The "Family households Total" and "Nonfamily households Total" percentages add up to approximately 100%. The subheadings underneath do not add up to 100%, because they do not include all the types of households. For example, there is no subheading for "Male householder, no wife present.". The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

The entries under the Average population per- heading are averages of the number of people in each family or household. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

Total Households counts households, not people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest household count of any county in the state. For example, the county with the most households will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many households will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Census Department definitions:

A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied (or if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

A family includes a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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