Knox County, Maine (ME)

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• • 37,98993.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,6284.0%Two or more races
  • 6951.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1770.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1620.4%Asian alone
  • 800.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 200.05%Some other race alone
  • 70.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 9
• Thefts: 97
• Auto thefts: 4

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 24
• Thefts: 119
• Auto thefts: 12

Health of residents in Knox County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $3,230 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $3,001 (1.1%)

Area name: Knox County, ME
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Knox County is $567 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $876 a month.

Cities in this county include: Rockland, Camden, Warren, Rockport, Thomaston, St. George, Union, Owls Head, South Thomaston, Washington.

2019 air pollution in Knox County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.045 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Minidoka County, Idaho , Jackson County, South Dakota , Ottawa County, Michigan , Watonwan County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 1,146
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,343 (52.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4162010 or later
• 2982000 to 2009
• 781990 to 1999
• 1071980 to 1989
• 1021970 to 1979
• 386Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 86.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 19,220
• One, attached: 659
• Two: 1,049
• 3 or 4: 804
• 5 to 9: 444
• 10 to 19: 206
• 20 to 49: 390
• 50 or more: 57
• Mobile homes: 1,591
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 55

Housing units in Knox County with a mortgage: 8,463 (1,043 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 874 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 750

Religion statistics for Knox County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Knox County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Maine Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4522-ME: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4522, Natural disaster type: Other
• Maine Severe Storm And Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2017 - November 1, 2017, FEMA Id: 4354, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Winter Storm, Snow Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 10, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4108: March 25, 2013, FEMA Id: 4108, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Storm, Flood, Snow
• Maine Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: February 23, 2010 to March 02, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1891: March 25, 2010, FEMA Id: 1891, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides, Incident Period: June 18, 2009 to July 08, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1852: July 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 1852, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• Maine Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 29, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1815: January 09, 2009, FEMA Id: 1815, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Maine Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 29, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3298: December 15, 2008, FEMA Id: 3298, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Maine Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2008 to May 14, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1755: May 09, 2008, FEMA Id: 1755, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 23, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1693: April 25, 2007, FEMA Id: 1693, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Flooding, Incident Period: March 16, 2007 to March 18, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1691: April 20, 2007, FEMA Id: 1691, Natural disaster type: Flood
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.57% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($68,372 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.06% relocated from other counties in Maine ($20,725 average AGI)
4.51% relocated from other states ($47,647 average AGI)

Knox County:	4.51%
Maine average:	3.89%

from Lincoln County, ME	0.67% ($52,388 average AGI)
from Waldo County, ME	0.57% ($49,222)
from Cumberland County, ME	0.48% ($82,880)
from Kennebec County, ME	0.39% ($35,448)
from Kings County, NY	0.20% ($98,600)
from Penobscot County, ME	0.19% ($33,939)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.14% ($224,920)

5.43% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($70,592 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.09% relocated to other counties in Maine ($28,212 average AGI)
2.33% relocated to other states ($42,379 average AGI)

Knox County:	2.33%
Maine average:	2.63%

to Lincoln County, ME	0.76% ($45,457 average AGI)
to Waldo County, ME	0.61% ($69,788)
to Kennebec County, ME	0.40% ($39,309)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.38% ($47,625)
to Penobscot County, ME	0.20% ($37,676)
to York County, ME	0.15% ($47,000)
to Hancock County, ME	0.12% ($56,000)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Knox County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,739 (2,173 living alone), Female householders: 10,530 (3,681 living alone)

• 8,706 spouses (8,632 opposite-sex spouses), 1,540 unmarried partners, (1,453 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,115 children (8,410 natural, 297 adopted, 408 stepchildren), 410 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 237 parents, 47 foster children, 296 other relatives, 815 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,644

Size of family households: 6,306 2-persons, 2,141 3-persons, 1,543 4-persons, 609 5-persons, 362 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,842 1-person, 1,283 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

4,095 married couples with children.
2,404 single-parent households (460 men, 1,944 women).

95.9% of residents of Knox speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $262,841,000 ($6,410 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,434,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $116,910,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,217,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $118,000
Federal grants: $80,615,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,635,000 ($65,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,345,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $746,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,002,000
Federal Government insurance: $28,832,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.39 millions of gallons per day (5% from ground, 95% from surface)

• Year house built in Knox County, Maine
• 142020 or later
• 1,2712010 to 2019
• 3,4202000 to 2009
• 2,4701990 to 1999
• 2,9851980 to 1989
• 2,7291970 to 1979
• 1,4141960 to 1969
• 1,3531950 to 1959
• 8271940 to 1949
• 7,5781939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Knox County, Maine

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Knox County, Maine
• 341 room
• 982 rooms
• 4603 rooms
• 1,8364 rooms
• 2,7915 rooms
• 2,8416 rooms
• 2,5827 rooms
• 1,7348 rooms
• 2,3429+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knox County, Maine
• 1431 room
• 2562 rooms
• 5023 rooms
• 8604 rooms
• 6975 rooms
• 4766 rooms
• 3777 rooms
• 688 rooms
• 1809+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Knox County, Maine

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Knox County, Maine
• 38no bedroom
• 6821 bedroom
• 4,0012 bedrooms
• 6,9733 bedrooms
• 2,4144 bedrooms
• 5995+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knox County, Maine
• 139no bedroom
• 8391 bedroom
• 1,5012 bedrooms
• 6963 bedrooms
• 2474 bedrooms
• 1815+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County, Maine in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 385no vehicle
• 4,1101 vehicle
• 6,9232 vehicles
• 2,5393 vehicles
• 6284 vehicles
• 1435+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County in renter-occupied apartments
• 672no vehicle
• 1,8021 vehicle
• 9002 vehicles
• 1463 vehicles
• 554 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

89.3% of Knox County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Maine.

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

• This state: 22,413
• Other state: 16,794
• Northeast: 10,871
• Midwest: 1,553
• South: 2,446
• West: 1,961

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 787
• Number of aged recipients: 68
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 719
• Number of recipients under 18: 86
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 547
• Number of recipients older than 64: 154
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 352
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 331