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People MapStats |
Portland |
Maine |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
63,011 | 1,321,574 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1.9% | 3.7% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1,238 | 46,651 |
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Population, 2000 |
64,249 | 1,274,923 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.1% | 5.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
18.8% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
13.9% | 14.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.1% | 51.3% |
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White persons, 2000 |
58,638 | 1,236,014 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
1,665 | 6,760 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
302 | 7,098 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
1,982 | 9,111 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
36 | 382 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
431 | 2,911 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
1,195 | 12,647 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
974 | 9,360 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
91.3% | 96.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.6% | 0.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.1% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
0.7% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.9% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.5% | 0.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
44.2% | 59.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
7.6% | 2.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
9.9% | 7.8% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
39,976 | 314,600 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
36.4% | 22.9% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
18.7 | 22.7 |
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Households, 2000 |
29,714 | 518,200 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.08 | 2.39 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
31,862 | 651,901 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
42.5% | 71.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$121,200 | $98,700 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$35,650 | $37,240 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,698 | $19,533 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
14.1% | 10.9% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
1,435 | 61,813 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
6,892 | 63,193 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
11.8% | 16.4% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
41.1% | 42.5% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
44.6% | 40.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
42.3% | 37.4% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
2,869 | 33,400 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
4,554 | 2,620 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
2,659 | 32,003 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
210 | 1,397 |
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Business MapStats |
Portland |
Maine |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
8,512 | 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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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
28.6% | 24.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.3% | 0.5% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,433,980 | 10,371,084 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,072,234 | 16,053,515 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$16,742 | $12,378 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
191,559 | 2,045,841 |
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