Population | Caribou | Maine |
Population, 2012 estimate | 8,051 | 1,329,192 |
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,189 | 1,328,361 |
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.7% | 0.1% |
Population, 2010 | 8,189 | 1,328,361 |
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.1% | 5.2% |
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.2% | 20.7% |
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 19.3% | 15.9% |
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.0% | 51.1% |
Ethnicity | Caribou | Maine |
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 96.0% | 95.2% |
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 1.2% |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.4% | 0.6% |
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 1.0% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.2% | 1.6% |
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 0.8% | 1.3% |
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 95.6% | 94.4% |
Education Characteristics | Caribou | Maine |
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.6% | 90.2% |
Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.3% | 27.1% |
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 897 | 134,547 |
Misc. Info | Caribou | Maine |
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 14.1 | 23.0 |
Housing Information | Caribou | Maine |
Housing units, 2010 | 3,914 | 721,830 |
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.3% | 72.7% |
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.9% | 19.3% |
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $85,800 | $176,600 |
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,421 | 551,601 |
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.36 | 2.34 |
Economic Data | Caribou | Maine |
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,942 | $26,195 |
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $42,583 | $47,898 |
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.9% | 12.8% |
Business QuickFacts | Caribou | Maine |
Total number of firms, 2007 | 831 | 150,389 |
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 38,777 | 8,823,719 |
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 16,363,192 |
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 38,777 | 8,823,719 |
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 160,428 | 20,444,031 |
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,663 | $15,520 |
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,910 | 2,515,827 |
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Geography QuickFacts | Caribou | Maine |
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 79.26 | 30,842.92 |
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 103.3 | 43.1 |