Maine state Economy Profile

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Maine state Economy

14.2% Maine households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.18.3% Maine households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Maine household is thirty-seven thousand, two hundred and forty dollars. Maine households with supplemental security income account for 2.35% of Maine households. There are 2.47% households with public assistance income in Maine.

75.93% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Maine. Government workers account for fourteen point four nine percent of Maine workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Maine are thirty-two thousand, three hundred and seventy-two dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $24,251.

sixty-five point two six percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Maine. Among them 31.13% are females aged 16 and over. 23.22% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.15% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Maine.

	Maine	%, Maine	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,010,318		217,168,077
In labor force	659,360	65.26%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	655,176	64.85%	63.39%
- - Employed	624,011	61.76%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	31,165	3.08%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	4,184	0.41%	0.53%
Not in labor force	350,958	34.74%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	525,690	52.03%	51.66%
In labor force	314,480	31.13%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	313,878	31.07%	29.65%
- - Employed	299,764	29.67%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	82,970	8.21%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	54,286		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	615,144		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	483,317	78.57%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	69,208	11.25%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	5,217	0.85%	4.73%
Walked	24,700	4.02%	2.93%
Other means	5,740	0.93%	1.19%
Worked at home	26,962	4.38%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.7		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	624,011		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	196,862	31.55%	33.65%
Service occupations	95,601	15.32%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	161,480	25.88%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	10,338	1.66%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	64,064	10.27%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	95,666	15.33%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	16,087	2.58%	1.87%
Construction	42,906	6.88%	6.78%
Manufacturing	88,885	14.24%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	21,470	3.44%	3.6%
Retail trade	84,412	13.53%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	26,857	4.3%	5.2%
Information	15,294	2.45%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	38,449	6.16%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	43,074	6.9%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	144,918	23.22%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	44,606	7.15%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	29,182	4.68%	4.87%
Public administration	27,871	4.47%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	473,794	75.93%	78.47%
Government workers	90,388	14.49%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	58,153	9.32%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	1,676	0.27%	0.31%

	Maine	%, Maine	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	518,372		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	53,259	10.27%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	39,231	7.57%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	76,633	14.78%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	73,614	14.2%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	94,848	18.3%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	100,423	19.37%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	43,341	8.36%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	24,348	4.7%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,866	1.13%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,809	1.31%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	37,240		41,994
With earnings	406,912	40.28%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	46,990		56,604
With Social Security income	149,727	14.82%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,569		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	23,712	2.35%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,084		6,320
With public assistance income	24,918	2.47%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,173		3,032
With retirement income	90,049	8.91%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,211		17,376
Families	342,431		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	17,708	5.17%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	16,457	4.81%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	41,479	12.11%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	47,672	13.92%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	69,045	20.16%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	81,456	23.79%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	37,003	10.81%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	20,876	6.1%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,986	1.46%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	5,749	1.68%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	45,179		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	19,533		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,372		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,251		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	26,611		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	19,723	74.12%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	8,964	33.69%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	13,327		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	12,183	91.42%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	5,544	41.6%	42.27%
Individuals	135,501		33,899,812
18 years and over	95,330	70.35%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	17,879	13.19%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	37,952	28.01%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	26,734	19.73%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	55,588	41.02%	31.63%

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