Franklin County, Maine Demographics

Franklin County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White

Franklin County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in People per household

Franklin County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Franklin County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income below poverty line

Franklin County is 7th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Size in square miles

Franklin County is 8th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Franklin County is 8th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Franklin County is 9th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Female residents

Franklin County is 9th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home ownership rate

Franklin County is 9th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	30,630	15th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,696.6	7th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.1	12th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	12th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.9%	12th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.9%	8th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.7%	10th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.6%	9th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	97.4%	1st	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	16th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	14th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	10th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	12th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	12th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	11th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.4%	2nd	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	51.0%	9th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	13th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	21,874	13th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.2%	9th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	12,235	15th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.6%	9th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$134,300	12th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	2nd	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	66	13th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$21,595	12th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$40,502	12th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.8%	4th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	793	15th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,255	12th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,271	15th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$381,289	14th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,807	8th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$43,024	13th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732