Bangor, Maine Demographics

Bangor is 1st in Maine out of 19 other cities in Retail sales

Bangor is 2nd in Maine out of 19 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Bangor is 2nd in Maine out of 19 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Bangor is 3rd in Maine out of 19 other cities in Current population (2012)

Bangor is 3rd in Maine out of 19 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Bangor is 3rd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Households

Bangor is 3rd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Housing units

Bangor is 4th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Bangor is 5th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Income below poverty line

Bangor is 6th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	32,817	3rd	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	34.3	9th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	964.3	11th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	12th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.8%	24th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.4%	24th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.3%	15th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.1%	14th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	93.1%	23rd	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	6th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	4th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	8th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	25th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	14th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	13th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	24th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	51.8%	21st	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.7%	11th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	15,674	3rd	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	48.6%	7th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	14,377	3rd	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	48.7%	26th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$149,400	22nd	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.1	21st	2.3	2.6

Income Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$24,945	15th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$37,707	22nd	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.8%	5th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bangor	Rank	Maine	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,490	2nd	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,823,980	1st	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$58,345	2nd	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$136,105	3rd	$2,515,827	$613,795,732