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State
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Kennebec
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Knox
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Lincoln
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Oxford
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Penobscot
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Population
below poverty (2003)
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All
persons (% total population)
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10.7%
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11.3%
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10.5%
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9.8%
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11.8%
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12.5%
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Age
17 and below (% population 17 and below)
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14.3%
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15.1%
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14.7%
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13.8%
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17.4%
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16.4%
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Median
household income (2003)
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$39,212
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$38,458
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$39,896
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$40,791
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$35,205
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$36,485
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Personal
Income by Source (2004)
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Wages
and self-employment
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66.0%
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65.0%
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59.0%
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56.0%
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59.0%
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66.0%
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Dividends,
interest and rent
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15.0%
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14.0%
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24.0%
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26.0%
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15.0%
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13.0%
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transfer
payments
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19.0%
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21.0%
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17.0%
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18.0%
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26.0%
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22.0%
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Unemployment
rate (2005)
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4.8%
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5.0%
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4.1%
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4.3%
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5.7%
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5.1%
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Educational
attainment (as % of pop. age 25 and over)
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Less
than high school
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14.6%
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14.8%
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12.5%
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12.1%
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17.7%
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14.3%
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High
school
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36.2%
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37.7%
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36.4%
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35.1%
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43.0%
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38.4%
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Some
college, no degree
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19.0%
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19.1%
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18.9%
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19.6%
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17.7%
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19.2%
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Associate
degree
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7.4%
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7.8%
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5.9%
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6.6%
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6.0%
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7.8%
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Bachelor’s
or higher
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22.9%
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20.7%
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26.6%
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26.6%
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15.7%
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20.3%
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Receiving
food stamps (FY04-05)
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Cases
(% all households)
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15.7%
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17.3%
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13.0%
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10.5%
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20.1%
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18.0%
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Recipients
(% total population)
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12.3%
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13.5%
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10.7%
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9.3%
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16.5%
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13.7%
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Receiving
LIHEAP benefits (FY04-05)
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Households
(% all households)
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8.8%
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8.2%
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6.1%
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7.4%
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12.4%
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10.4%
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Recipients
(% total population)
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7.4%
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7.0%
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5.3%
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6.4%
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10.4%
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8.8%
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Households
age 65 and over (% all households 65 and over)
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12.9%
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11.2%
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8.4%
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9.3%
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15.5%
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13.6%
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LIHEAP
household characteristics (% households receiving LIHEAP)
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%
Single person households
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46.4%
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47.5%
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45.7%
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48.3%
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47.7%
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43.8%
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%
receiving food stamps
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56.5%
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61.4%
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54.7%
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53.2%
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59.2%
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59.0%
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%
Medicaid
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65.2%
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69.9%
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53.0%
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67.8%
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66.0%
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68.9%
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%
SSI
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19.5%
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24.1%
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10.7%
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21.0%
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16.4%
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23.4%
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%
SS/SSD
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57.5%
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57.6%
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58.2%
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57.4%
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59.1%
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53.7%
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%
Applicants age 65 and over
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36.2%
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32.6%
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40.2%
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37.5%
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34.0%
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30.2%
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Free
and reduced lunch eligible (% school-age population)
(October 31, 2005)
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33.0%
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32.0%
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29.0%
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33.0%
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42.0%
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36.0%
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NOTE:
Population below poverty and median household income are
from the U.S. Census Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
program (SAIPE). Personal income by source is from the U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Information
System (REIS). Monthly average unemployment rate is from the
Maine Department of Labor, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2005. Educational
attainment is from the U.S. Census, Census 2000, Dataset
SF3. Food Stamps and LIHEAP information is for FY Oct. 1,
2004-Sept. 30, 2005. Food Stamps is a monthly average count
computed from the DHHS Geographic Distribution of Programs
and Benefits Report, RE-PM001. LIHEAP information is derived
from a database provided by the Maine State Housing
Authority. School lunch eligibility is from the Maine
Department of Education.
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