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%