Belfast, Maine Demographics

Belfast is 2nd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Belfast is 3rd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Female residents

Belfast is 3rd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Belfast is 4th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - White

Belfast is 6th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Home ownership rate

Belfast is 10th in Maine out of 19 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Belfast is 10th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Belfast is 11th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Size in square miles

Belfast is 13th in Maine out of 19 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Belfast is 13th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	6,657	18th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	34.0	11th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	195.9	26th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	10th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.9%	16th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.9%	2nd	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.7%	20th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.8%	15th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	96.7%	4th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	24th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	15th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	29th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	16th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	24th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	3rd	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	53.8%	3rd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.5%	23rd	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	3,582	22nd	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.5%	24th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	3,048	22nd	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.2%	6th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$153,500	19th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.1	22nd	2.3	2.6

Income Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$23,550	20th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$37,962	20th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.7%	13th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Belfast	Rank	Maine	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,078	13th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$190,849	15th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$28,510	10th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$21,792	15th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732