People QuickFacts	Lewiston	Maine
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	35,734	1,321,574
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	0.1%	3.7%
  	Population, 2000    	35,690	1,274,923
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.6%	5.5%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	20.7%	23.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	17.8%	14.4%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.4%	51.3% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	95.7%	96.9%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.1%	0.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.3%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.8%	0.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.7%	1.0%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.3%	0.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	50.0%	59.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	3.7%	2.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	28.2%	7.8%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	72.3%	85.4%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	12.6%	22.9%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	18.8	22.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	16,470	651,901
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	47.2%	71.6%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$87,200	$98,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	15,290	518,200
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.17	2.39
  	Median household income, 1999    	$29,191	$37,240
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,905	$19,533
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	15.5%	10.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lewiston	Maine
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	10,371,084
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	643,768	16,053,515
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$18,025	$12,378
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	41,443	2,045,841
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	2,512	135,410
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	24.0%	24.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lewiston	Maine
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	34	30,861
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,046.9	41.3
  	FIPS Code    	38740	23
 	Counties    	Androscoggin County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts