Washington County, Maine Demographics

Washington County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income below poverty line

Washington County is 1st in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Washington County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Washington County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Two or More

Washington County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Foreign born residents

Washington County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Washington County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Size in square miles

Washington County is 7th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home ownership rate

Washington County is 9th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Washington County is 9th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	32,462	14th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,562.7	5th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12.8	14th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	9th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	10th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	3rd	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.9%	15th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.2%	11th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	92.3%	16th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	9th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.7%	1st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	16th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	15th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	2nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2nd	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.9%	16th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	50.8%	10th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	3rd	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	22,989	12th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.6%	15th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	14,111	14th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	7th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,700	15th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.2	14th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	71	10th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$19,527	16th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$35,272	15th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.4%	1st	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	853	14th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,189	15th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,460	13th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$405,170	13th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,360	10th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$24,740	15th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732