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People QuickFacts Cumberland Maine
Population, 2000  265,612 1,274,923
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  9.2% 3.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000  5.8% 5.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000  23.3% 23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000  13.3% 14.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 95.7% 96.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1% 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.4% 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000  1.1% 1.0%
Female population, percent, 2000  51.6% 51.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.0% 0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  95.2% 96.5%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990  135,932 627,153
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990  44,064 149,352
Housing units, 2000  122,600 651,901
Homeownership rate, 2000  66.8% 71.6%
Households, 2000  107,989 518,200
Persons per household, 2000  2.38 2.39
Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000  31.8% 32.4%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate  $41,393 $33,140
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate  8.1% 10.7%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate  11.3% 14.9%

 
Business QuickFacts Cumberland Maine
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998  9,934 38,334
Private nonfarm employment, 1998  140,731 456,715
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998  13.3% 7.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 1997 * 20,151 95,557
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  2,232,689 14,097,609
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  3,825,874 12,737,087
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $15,175 $10,229
Minority-owned firms, 1992  301 1,099
Women-owned firms, 1992  7,944 35,260
Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999  1,490 5,6881
Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000)  1,277,098 7,281,484
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997  9,335 46,260

 
Geography QuickFacts Cumberland Maine
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  836 30,862
Persons per square mile, 2000  317.7 41.3
Metropolitan Area  Portland, ME NECMA**  

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

* A nonemployer business is one that has no paid employees, has annual business receipts of $1,000 or more ($1 or more in the construction industries), and is subject to federal income taxes. Nonemployer businesses are generally small, such as real estate agents and independent contractors. Nonemployers constitute nearly three-quarters of all businesses, but they contribute only about three percent of overall sales and receipts data. Nonemployers are not included in the counts of establishments from the Economic Census or County Business Patterns.

** New England County Metropolitan Area

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments.