Lincoln County, Maine Demographics

Lincoln County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lincoln County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lincoln County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Lincoln County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income per capita

Lincoln County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White

Lincoln County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home median value

Lincoln County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lincoln County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lincoln County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income per household

Lincoln County is 7th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	34,180	13th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	455.8	14th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	75.6	7th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	4.3%	15th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.9%	15th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.6%	1st	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.3%	3rd	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.3%	3rd	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	97.4%	2nd	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	14th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	12th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	11th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	14th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	15th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	15th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.7%	1st	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	51.0%	8th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	11th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	23,625	11th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.3%	16th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	15,009	12th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	84.9%	1st	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$206,900	3rd	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	13th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	66	14th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$28,741	2nd	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$48,862	4th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.8%	14th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,393	9th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,317	14th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,598	8th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$433,225	11th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,412	9th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$72,027	9th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732