Penobscot County, Maine Demographics

Penobscot County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Penobscot County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Penobscot County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Retail sales

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Current population (2012)

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Households

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Housing units

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Penobscot County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	153,746	3rd	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,397.4	4th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	45.3	9th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	7th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	11th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	14th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.9%	9th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.4%	10th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	95.4%	13th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	3rd	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	3rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	4th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	6th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	7th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	8th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.5%	13th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	50.7%	11th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	7th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	74,382	3rd	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.5%	5th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	62,570	3rd	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.7%	14th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$137,900	11th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	8th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	313	3rd	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$23,366	9th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$43,601	9th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.3%	5th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Penobscot County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,127	3rd	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	57,082	2nd	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,132	3rd	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,983,923	2nd	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,080	1st	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$224,163	3rd	$2,515,827	$613,795,732