Kennebec County, Maine Demographics

Kennebec County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Kennebec County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Female residents

Kennebec County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Kennebec County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Retail sales

Kennebec County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Kennebec County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kennebec County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Households

Kennebec County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Housing units

Kennebec County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Kennebec County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	121,853	4th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	867.5	10th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	140.8	4th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	3rd	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.2%	6th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.5%	13th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.9%	6th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.4%	8th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	96.4%	10th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	7th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	7th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	7th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	10th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	5th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	7th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.3%	10th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	51.3%	3rd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	9th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	61,197	4th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.7%	4th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	51,043	4th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.2%	12th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$151,000	9th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	11th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	274	4th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$25,023	7th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$46,904	6th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.2%	11th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kennebec County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,242	4th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	43,377	4th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,364	4th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,382,310	3rd	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,729	2nd	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$198,512	4th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732