|
|
People
Facts |
Augusta |
Maine |
|
Population, 2000
|
18,560 |
1,274,923 |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
5.0% |
5.5% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
16.8% |
23.6% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
17.7% |
14.4% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
52.8% |
51.3% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
96.2% |
96.9% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.5% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.6% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.3% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.2% |
0.2% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.4% |
1.0% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
0.9% |
0.7% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
3.4% |
2.9% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
12.6% |
7.8% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
37.5% |
85.4% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
12.5% |
22.9% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
17.3 |
22.7 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
9,480 |
651,901 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
54.5% |
71.6% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$80,500 |
$98,700 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
13,713 |
518,200 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.12 |
2.39 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$42,230 |
$37,240 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$19,145 |
$19,533 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
11.6% |
10.9% |
