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People QuickFacts |
Bangor |
Maine |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
31,008 | 1,321,574 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1.5% | 3.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
31,473 | 1,274,923 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.7% | 5.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
21.3% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.1% | 14.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.8% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
95.0% | 96.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.0% | 0.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.0% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.2% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.4% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.0% | 0.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
47.1% | 59.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.4% | 2.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
5.4% | 7.8% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
87.0% | 85.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
26.5% | 22.9% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
15.1 | 22.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
14,587 | 651,901 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
47.5% | 71.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$87,300 | $98,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
13,713 | 518,200 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.12 | 2.39 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$29,740 | $37,240 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$19,295 | $19,533 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
16.6% | 10.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Bangor |
Maine |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
581,682 | 10,371,084 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,259,347 | 16,053,515 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$39,789 | $12,378 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
113,928 | 2,045,841 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,360 | 135,410 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.5% | 24.0% |
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