Knox County, Maine Demographics

Knox County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home ownership rate

Knox County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White

Knox County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Knox County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Knox County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home median value

Knox County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Knox County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Knox County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Knox County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income per capita

Knox County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	39,668	10th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	365.1	15th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	108.8	6th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	13th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	14th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	4th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.3%	7th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.4%	5th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	97.1%	4th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	8th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	13th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	13th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	9th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	11th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	14th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	5th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	50.6%	13th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	10th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	23,812	10th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.6%	10th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	16,876	10th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.0%	4th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$202,800	5th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	10th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	142	5th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$26,504	6th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$46,845	7th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	12th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,681	8th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	13,229	10th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,104	7th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$640,156	8th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,659	5th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$90,110	8th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732