Poverty in Maine - 2006
Appendix 1:  Summary of Selected Indicators
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State

Kennebec

Knox

Lincoln

Oxford

Penobscot

Population below poverty (2003)

 

 

 

 

 

 

All persons (% total population)

10.7%

11.3%

10.5%

9.8%

11.8%

12.5%

Age 17 and below (% population 17 and below)

14.3%

15.1%

14.7%

13.8%

17.4%

16.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Median household income (2003)

$39,212

$38,458

$39,896

$40,791

$35,205

$36,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Income by Source (2004)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages and self-employment

66.0%

65.0%

59.0%

56.0%

59.0%

66.0%

Dividends, interest and rent

15.0%

14.0%

24.0%

26.0%

15.0%

13.0%

transfer payments

19.0%

21.0%

17.0%

18.0%

26.0%

22.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unemployment rate (2005)

4.8%

5.0%

4.1%

4.3%

5.7%

5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Educational attainment (as % of pop. age 25 and over)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than high school

14.6%

14.8%

12.5%

12.1%

17.7%

14.3%

High school

36.2%

37.7%

36.4%

35.1%

43.0%

38.4%

Some college, no degree

19.0%

19.1%

18.9%

19.6%

17.7%

19.2%

Associate degree

7.4%

7.8%

5.9%

6.6%

6.0%

7.8%

Bachelor’s or higher

22.9%

20.7%

26.6%

26.6%

15.7%

20.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving food stamps (FY04-05)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cases (% all households)

15.7%

17.3%

13.0%

10.5%

20.1%

18.0%

Recipients (% total population)

12.3%

13.5%

10.7%

9.3%

16.5%

13.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving LIHEAP benefits (FY04-05)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Households (% all households)

8.8%

8.2%

6.1%

7.4%

12.4%

10.4%

Recipients (% total population)

7.4%

7.0%

5.3%

6.4%

10.4%

8.8%

Households age 65 and over (% all households 65 and over)

12.9%

11.2%

8.4%

9.3%

15.5%

13.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIHEAP household characteristics (% households receiving LIHEAP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

% Single person households

46.4%

47.5%

45.7%

48.3%

47.7%

43.8%

% receiving food stamps

56.5%

61.4%

54.7%

53.2%

59.2%

59.0%

% Medicaid

65.2%

69.9%

53.0%

67.8%

66.0%

68.9%

% SSI

19.5%

24.1%

10.7%

21.0%

16.4%

23.4%

% SS/SSD

57.5%

57.6%

58.2%

57.4%

59.1%

53.7%

% Applicants age 65 and over

36.2%

32.6%

40.2%

37.5%

34.0%

30.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free and reduced lunch eligible (% school-age population) (October 31, 2005)

33.0%

32.0%

29.0%

33.0%

42.0%

36.0%

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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