Players Born in Maine Cuke Barrows, Gray 1909-1912 Del Bissonette, Winthrop 1928-1933 Clarence Blethen, Dover-Foxcroft [P] 1923-1929 Ralph Botting, Houlton [P] 1979-1980 Don Brennan, Augusta [P] 1933-1937 Rip Cannell, South Bridgton 1904-1905 Bill Carrigan, Lewiston 1906-1916 Wally Clement, Auburn 1908-1909 Bobby Coombs, Goodwins Mills* [P] 1933-1943 Danny Coombs, Lincoln [P] 1963-1971 John Cumberland, Westbrook [P]…
According to the U.S. Census, 139,410 Maine residents are civilians over 18 years of age who are veterans of the armed forces. This number (an average from 2005 to 2009) is down from 159,333 in 1990 and 154,590 in 2000. This is consistent with a declining veteran population across the country in these years, as…
The proportion of Black or African Americans reported living in Maine by the U.S. Census more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, from .5% to 1.2%. The total number in 2010 was nearly 16,000. Significantly affected by an influx of people from Somalia, 3.6% of Androscoggin County’s population consisted of African Americans. Nearly 7,000 (2.6%)…
Crime Incidence of Crimes Since 1980 Economy Education Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores and Trends Population Maine Population Since 1741 Population Density by County 1990 – Map Population Density by County 2000 – Map Average Family Size by County 2000 – Map County Differences by Age – Map Average Family Size by County 2000 – Map…
During the period 2005 through 2009, housing unit vacancy rates varied widely from 10% in Androscoggin County to over 46% in Washington County. This represents a slightly decreased disparity compared to the 2000 Census range for Maine, which was from 8.6% to 47.2%. Sources: Year 2000 map – http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?-geo_id=04000US23&-tm_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_M00200&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U 2005-2009 map: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
The value of housing tells a lot about income and the competition for housing in a particular area. For nearly three decades the coastal counties (except for Washington) have registered higher housing values, while the northern counties and Washington County have had the lowest. During the 2005-2009 period, the distribuion has generally held to the…
In 2005 twelve causes accounted for 80% of all deaths in the United States; thirteen accounted for 80% of all deaths in Maine. In both, heart disease and cancer alone caused nearly half of all deaths; stroke, lower respiratory diseases (such as bronchitis, emphysema, asthma), and accidents accounted for another 16 percent. In 1999, comparable…
In 2010 the three counties in which Indian reservations exist had the largest proportion of Native American residents. Washington leads with 4.5 percent of the county’s population. Aroostook (1.5%) and Penobscot (.9%) follow. The Native American population statewide is 0.6%. County Percent Washington 4.5% Aroostook 1.5% Penobscot 0.9% Piscataquis 0.6% Kennebec 0.5% Somerset 0.5% Androscoggin…
Maine’s math scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, administered by the College Board in Princeton, New Jersey, have consistently and substantially lagged the national average scores for over two decades. See also SAT Score for College Bound. During the 1980’s Maine’s verbal scores exceeded the national averages, but since 1990 they have generally been somewhat…
Maine home ownership in 2010 was 73.8%, compared with 66.9% for the U.S. as a whole. It had dropped from 75.3% in 2006, just before the recession in the housing market. In 2000, the U.S. rate was 76.5 and Maine’s was 67.4. From 1984 throught 2010, Maine’s peak rate of home ownership was 77.4% in…
are those tracing the defining events in people lives that identify their status: birth, marriage, divorce, and death. For details on other statistics got to population. The ratio of marriages to divorces had been declining in Maine through most of the 20th century beginning at a recorded high 1905 and stabilizing in the early 1970’s…
The federal government provides a “safety net” to agricultural producers to help them through the variations in agricultural production and profitability from year to year – due to variations in weather, market prices, and other factors – while ensuring a stable food supply. However, this support is mostly for five major “program” commodities of corn,…
As the graphs below indicate, both violent and non-violent crime have been decreasing in frequency since 1980, with a slight increase since 2005. The number of crimes in 2013, compared to the 1980 figures, declined 22% for violent offenses and 36% for property offenses. See also Crime, Weapons. The Maine Department of Public Safety summarizes…
In 1990 Trade (17.5%) and Manufacturing (17.4%) constituted the largest employment sectors in the Maine economy. By 2010, Manufacturing had faded to 8.6%, and the top two employment sectors were Trade (17%) and Education and Health Services (20.2%). During the two decades, Manufacturing (No. 3 on the chart) had lost over 45% of its employees,…
The labor force is defined as the total of people employed and those who are unemployed and seeking employment. While growing in the long term, Maine’s total labor force actually contracts from time to time as people stop seeking employment. The recent rate of increase may be slowing as the population ages and in-migration of…
Gross Domestic Product by County County by Rank $Billions GDP $Billions % of Total $ GDP People % Total People GDP /Capita Rank /Capita Rank/ Capita Per Capita GDP 1 Cumberland $19.40 34.04% 293,557 21.93% $88.45 Cumberland 1 $88.45 2 York $7.40 12.98% 206,229 15.41% $48.03 Hancock 2 $54.82 3 Penobscot $6.00 10.53% 151,096 11.29%…
Maine’s personal income per person (per capita) has lagged the national average by varying amounts since 1929. The state’s percent of the national average (green line on the chart) has not strayed far from the long-term average of 86% durng the period. In the early 1930’s it exceeded 90% probably because the agricultural sector…
The median income for families is that amount above which half the families have more and below which half the families have less income. It is “in the middle.” According to the U.S. Census: Family. A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage,…
The median income for a group is that amount above which half the group has more and below which half the group has less. It is “in the middle.” According to the U.S. Census: Family. A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage,…
Average annual unemployment in Maine’s economy was consistently higher than the national average from 1969 through 1980. For the next decade, 1981 through 1990, the opposite was true! Since then, Maine’s annual unemployment rate has generally tracked the national rate, though usually a bit higher than the New England rate. Over the four decades, 1969-2010,…