Caribou, Maine Demographics

Caribou is 2nd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Size in square miles

Caribou is 3rd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Caribou is 5th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Home ownership rate

Caribou is 5th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Caribou is 6th in Maine out of 29 other cities in People per household

Caribou is 6th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Caribou is 9th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Caribou is 9th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - White

Caribou is 10th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Caribou is 14th in Maine out of 19 other cities in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	8,051	14th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	79.3	2nd	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	103.3	28th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	19th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.2%	10th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.3%	6th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.6%	28th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.3%	23rd	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	96.0%	9th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	26th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	3rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	25th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	9th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	26th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	28th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.6%	5th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	52.0%	18th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	14th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	3,914	19th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.9%	26th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	3,421	18th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.3%	5th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,800	29th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	6th	2.3	2.6

Income Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$23,942	19th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$42,583	18th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.9%	16th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Caribou	Rank	Maine	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	831	17th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$160,428	16th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,663	15th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,910	17th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732