Piscataquis County, Maine Demographics

Piscataquis County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Piscataquis County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home ownership rate

Piscataquis County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Piscataquis County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Size in square miles

Piscataquis County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income below poverty line

Piscataquis County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Piscataquis County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Asian

Piscataquis County is 7th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White

Piscataquis County is 7th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Piscataquis County is 9th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	17,290	16th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,960.9	2nd	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.4	16th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	4.4%	14th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	13th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.9%	2nd	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.9%	12th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.9%	14th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	97.0%	7th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	10th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	4th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	6th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	1st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	16th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	9th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	7th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	50.2%	16th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	14th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	15,467	16th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.4%	14th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	7,860	16th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	2nd	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$106,900	14th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.2	16th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	16	16th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$20,871	14th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$35,123	16th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.9%	3rd	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Piscataquis County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	436	16th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,445	16th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,957	16th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$196,521	16th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,440	11th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,589	16th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732