Lewiston, Maine Demographics

Lewiston is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Lewiston is 2nd in Maine out of 19 other cities in Current population (2012)

Lewiston is 2nd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Households

Lewiston is 2nd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Housing units

Lewiston is 2nd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Two or More

Lewiston is 2nd in Maine out of 29 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Lewiston is 4th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Foreign born residents

Lewiston is 5th in Maine out of 19 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lewiston is 5th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lewiston is 5th in Maine out of 29 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	36,460	2nd	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	34.1	10th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,071.6	8th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	2nd	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.1%	5th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.5%	17th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.7%	27th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.6%	28th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	86.6%	28th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.7%	1st	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	18th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	16th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	12th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	2nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.5%	28th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	51.9%	20th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.3%	4th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	16,731	2nd	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	48.7%	6th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	15,046	2nd	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	50.5%	25th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$152,600	20th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	14th	2.3	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$20,942	23rd	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$37,941	21st	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.5%	6th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lewiston	Rank	Maine	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,617	5th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$560,969	7th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,945	17th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$52,017	7th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732