Franklin County, Maine (ME)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.6%), Manufacturing (18.0%), Retail trade (13.0%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.0%).

Type of workers:

Franklin County, Maine business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Franklin County, Maine:

Median resident age:	38.2 years
Maine median age:	38.6 years

Males: 14,228	(48.3%)
Females: 15,239	(51.7%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $192,348

Here:	$192,348
State:	$231,355

Townhouses or other attached units: $175,280

Here:	$175,280
State:	$236,559

In 2-unit structures: $192,703

Here:	$192,703
State:	$206,366

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $261,408

Here:	$261,408
State:	$240,878

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $649,548

Here:	$649,548
State:	$272,619

Mobile homes: $59,488

Here:	$59,488
State:	$42,332

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 12
• Burglaries: 35
• Thefts: 61
• Auto thefts: 3

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,261 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,164 (1.0%)

Area name: Franklin County, ME
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Franklin County is $468 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $570 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $681 a month.

Cities in this county include: Farmington, Jay, Wilton, Chisholm, New Sharon, Strong, Chesterville, Kingfield, Rangeley, Phillips.

Neighboring counties: Androscoggin County , Kennebec County , Oxford County , Somerset County .

Current college students: 2,382
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 486 (60% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,776
• One, attached: 236
• Two: 629
• 3 or 4: 747
• 5 to 9: 681
• 10 to 19: 486
• 20 or more: 309
• Mobile homes: 2,136
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 159

Housing units in Franklin County with a mortgage: 3,415 (309 second mortgage, 458 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,127

Religion statistics:

Here		33.3%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Franklin County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 10,286 (77%) Carpooled: 1,659 (12%) Bus or trolley bus: 21 (0%) Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%) Ferryboat: 20 (0%) Bicycle: 30 (0%) Walked: 631 (5%) Other means: 76 (1%) Worked at home: 653 (5%)

6.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,744 average adjusted gross income)

0.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($368 average AGI)

Franklin County:	0.11%
Maine average:	0.12%

3.79% relocated from other counties in Maine ($17,834 average AGI)
2.45% relocated from other states ($12,541 average AGI)

Franklin County:	2.45%
Maine average:	2.95%

from Androscoggin County, ME	0.85% ($25,489 average AGI)
from Kennebec County, ME	0.55% ($20,467)
from Oxford County, ME	0.48% ($28,769)
from Cumberland County, ME	0.47% ($39,216)
from Somerset County, ME	0.42% ($30,848)
from York County, ME	0.23% ($52,040)
from Penobscot County, ME	0.22% ($29,250)

6.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,794 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.00% relocated to other counties in Maine ($19,627 average AGI)
2.32% relocated to other states ($12,168 average AGI)

Franklin County:	2.32%
Maine average:	3.05%

to Androscoggin County, ME	0.99% ($27,916 average AGI)
to Kennebec County, ME	0.59% ($31,516)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.58% ($31,079)
to Somerset County, ME	0.51% ($36,655)
to Penobscot County, ME	0.31% ($44,647)
to Oxford County, ME	0.28% ($21,567)
to York County, ME	0.27% ($25,690)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.8

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,062 (4,121 aged, 941 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 23,212 (5,871 male householders, 1,936 female householders)

  6,232 spouses, 7,746 children (7,061 natural, 174 adopted, 511 stepchildren), 364 grandchildren, 114 brothers or sisters, 112 parents, 240 other relatives, 597 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 5,121 (1,681 male householders (1,204 living alone)), 2,284 female householders (1,821 living alone)), 1,156 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,134 (191 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,803 2-persons, 1,693 3-persons, 1,490 4-persons, 569 5-persons, 199 6-persons, 53 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,025 1-person, 800 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

95.1% of residents of Franklin County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.59 millions of gallons per day (74% from ground, 26% from surface)

62% of Franklin County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Maine.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 21584
• Northeast: 5014
• Midwest: 613
• South: 1013
• West: 532

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,000

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 859
• Number of aged recipients: 44
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 815
• Number of recipients under 18: 122
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 641
• Number of recipients older than 64: 96
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 348
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 372

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