Aroostook County, Maine Demographics

Aroostook County is 47th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Aroostook County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Size in square miles

Aroostook County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Foreign born residents

Aroostook County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Aroostook County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Aroostook County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Aroostook County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Aroostook County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Current population (2012)

Aroostook County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Households

Aroostook County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income below poverty line

Aroostook County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	70,868	6th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6,671.3	1st	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10.8	15th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	11th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.5%	9th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.0%	5th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.2%	16th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	15th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	95.6%	12th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	4th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	2nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	15th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	2nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	13th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	13th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	12th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	50.7%	12th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.9%	2nd	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	39,571	7th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.5%	6th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	30,459	6th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	13th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,400	16th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	12th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	86	9th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$20,659	15th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$37,138	14th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.7%	6th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Aroostook County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,005	7th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	22,038	6th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,174	9th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,105,943	6th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,350	7th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$71,782	10th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732