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Demographic Data Report for Maine by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		Value (Percent)
sort by value descending 		People (Below Poverty)
sort by sample size descending 		Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
sort by rank descending
Maine 11.0 145,992 19 of 52
United States 12.6 40,661,636 N/A
York County 7.7 15,994 335
Cumberland County 7.8 22,916 354
Knox County 9.3 3,613 597
Hancock County 10.3 5,548 818
Lincoln County 10.6 3,665 903
Sagadahoc County 11.2 4,061 1,026
Franklin County 11.9 3,367 1,180
Androscoggin County 11.9 12,793 1,195
Kennebec County 12.0 14,380 1,215
Waldo County 13.0 5,064 1,461
Penobscot County 13.8 20,031 1,647
Oxford County 14.0 7,990 1,708
Aroostook County 14.5 9,466 1,803
Piscataquis County 16.0 2,622 2,100
Somerset County 17.9 8,866 2,396
Washington County 18.7 5,616 2,503
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/08/2023 9:07 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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