|
|
People
Facts |
Portland |
Maine |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
63,635 |
1,305,728 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-1.0% |
2.4% |
|
Population, 2000
|
64,249 |
1,274,923 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
1.8% |
3.8% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
5.1% |
5.5% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
18.8% |
23.6% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
13.9% |
14.4% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
52.1% |
51.3% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
91.3% |
96.9% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
2.6% |
0.5% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.6% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
3.1% |
0.7% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.1% |
Z |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.7% |
0.2% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.9% |
1.0% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
1.5% |
0.7% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
44.2% |
59.6% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
7.6% |
2.9% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
9.9% |
7.8% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
88.3% |
85.4% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
36.4% |
22.9% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
18.7 |
22.7 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
31,862 |
651,901 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
42.5% |
71.6% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$121,200 |
$98,700 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
29,714 |
518,200 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.08 |
2.39 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$35,650 |
$37,240 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$22,698 |
$19,533 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
14.1% |
10.9% |
