2022 population: 17,417 ( 118 from 2010 , 618 from 2020)
Land area: 3960.9 square miles
Population density: 4.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	16,191	92.96%	4.2%
Black:	107	0.61%	105.8%
Indian:	103	0.59%	14.4%
Asian:	217	1.25%	60.7%
2+ races:	289	1.66%	57.1%
Hispanic:	510	2.93%	201.8%

Total non-White:	1,226	7.04%	91.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	286	8.5
Deaths:	628	18.7
Net Migration:	897	26.7
Net Immigration:	77	2.3

Change in White population:	-702	-4.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	584	3.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
17,535
16,893	96.34%
52	0.30%
90	0.51%
135	0.77%
184	1.05%
169	0.96%
642	3.66%

2000
17,235
16,801	97.48%
36	0.21%
89	0.52%
49	0.28%
165	0.96%
89	0.52%
434	2.52%

1990
18,653
18,442	98.87%
20	0.11%
94	0.50%
57	0.31%
n/a
40	0.21%
211	1.13%

1980
17,634
17,348	98.38%
6	0.03%
140	0.79%
31	0.18%
n/a
106	0.60%
286	1.62%

1970
16,285
16,169	99.29%
5	0.03%
28	0.17%
11	0.07%
n/a
72	0.44%
116	0.71%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,492	8.7
2,024	11.7
182	1.1
3	0.0

92	0.5
208	1.2

Number	Rate
1990's
1,809	9.7
2,163	11.6
-84	-0.5
13	0.1

-1,641	-8.8
223	1.2

Number	Rate
1980's
2,418	13.7
2,040	11.6
677	3.8
n/a

1,094	6.2
-75	-0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
630	3.9
n/a

1,179	7.2
170	1.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Piscataquis County, ME

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
51.2
2,873	16.5%
14,544	83.5%
4,539	26.1%

7,654
2.16

4,897	64.0%
3,674	75.0%
505	10.3%
2,757	36.0%

2010
Number	Percent
48.1
3,365	19.2%
14,170	80.8%
3,564	20.3%

7,825
2.21

4,948	63.2%
3,917	79.2%
395	8.0%
2,877	36.8%

2000
Number	Percent
41.7
4,021	23.3%
13,214	76.7%
2,977	17.3%

7,272
2.34

4,848	66.7%
3,896	80.4%
422	8.7%
2,424	33.3%

1990
Number	Percent
35.4
5,111	27.4%
13,542	72.6%
2,822	15.1%

7,089
2.60

5,189	73.2%
4,400	84.8%
384	7.4%
1,900	26.8%

1980
Number	Percent
32.1
5,160	29.3%
12,474	70.7%
2,532	14.4%

6,279
2.78

4,847	77.2%
4,205	86.8%
271	5.6%
1,432	22.8%

2022 Housing Data for Piscataquis County, ME

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	304	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	586	7.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	540	7.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	328	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	366	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	325	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	385	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	437	5.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	317	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	761	9.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	901	11.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	823	10.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	592	7.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	328	4.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	386	5.0%
$200,000 or more	275	3.6%

Median Household Income	51,805
Per Capita Income	32,843

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	663	8.7%
Public Assistance	307	4.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,417	18.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	6,360	65.0%
Unemployed	337	3.4%
In Armed Forces	34	0.3%

Total Labor Force	6,731	68.8%
Not in Labor Force	3,055	31.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,412	1,848	56.6%
Non-Profit	215	529	28.9%
Self-Employed	674	281	70.6%

Local Government	203	371	35.4%
State Government	135	228	37.2%
Federal Government	128	108	54.2%

Total Private + Self	3,086	2,129	59.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	681	1,236	35.5%
Total	3,767	3,365	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	16.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	940	13.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,360	19.0%
Professional, Technical	1,410	19.7%
Service Occupations	1,109	15.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	125	1.7%
All others	2,326	32.6%

White Collar		51.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,294	18.1%
Retail trade	1,187	16.6%
Manufacturing	905	12.7%
Construction	731	10.2%
Public administration	522	7.3%
Educational services	487	6.8%
Transportation and warehousing	336	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	312	4.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	237	3.3%
Other services	203	2.8%
Accommodation and food services	163	2.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	152	2.1%
Wholesale trade	151	2.1%
Information	118	1.7%
Finance and insurance	101	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	97	1.4%
Utilities	82	1.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	65	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	193	1.14%
Puerto Rican	74	0.44%
Cuban	60	0.35%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	13	0.08%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	13	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	74	0.44%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	50	0.30%
Chinese	31	0.18%
Vietnamese	10	0.06%
Japanese	5	0.03%
Thai	2	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	15,702	97.3%
Spanish	150	0.9%
French, Haitian, Cajun	87	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	63	0.4%
Other Asian	49	0.3%
Chinese	27	0.2%
Other Indo-European	20	0.1%
German, other Germanic	19	0.1%
Arabic	11	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	3,068	18.1%
Irish	2,850	16.8%
French	1,861	11.0%
American	1,513	8.9%
German	1,172	6.9%
Scottish	710	4.2%
French Canadian	705	4.2%
Italian	571	3.4%
Polish	323	1.9%
Swedish	278	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	244	1.4%
Dutch	187	1.1%
European	186	1.1%
Canadian	175	1.0%
British	155	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	16,728	98.8%
Not a citizen	208	1.2%

Native	16,603	98.0%
Foreign-born	333	2.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
486	3.7%	559	4.3%	4,869	37.2%	4,437	33.9%	1,990	15.2%	734	5.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	486	3.7%
9-12 Years	559	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,869	37.2%
Some College	4,437	33.9%
Bach. Degree	1,990	15.2%
Grad Degree	734	5.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	8,672	8,114	558	6.4%	5.3%
1991	8,824	7,976	848	9.6%	7.8%
1992	8,719	7,937	782	9.0%	7.4%
1993	8,462	7,740	722	8.5%	6.8%
1994	8,452	7,704	748	8.8%	6.6%
1995	8,490	7,811	679	8.0%	5.9%
1996	8,542	7,877	665	7.8%	5.3%
1997	8,481	7,804	677	8.0%	5.2%
1998	8,303	7,754	549	6.6%	4.5%
1999	8,312	7,736	576	6.9%	4.0%

2000	7,954	7,541	413	5.2%	3.3%
2001	7,892	7,453	439	5.6%	3.8%
2002	7,519	6,986	533	7.1%	4.5%
2003	7,487	6,879	608	8.1%	5.1%
2004	7,330	6,826	504	6.9%	4.6%
2005	7,500	6,946	554	7.4%	4.9%
2006	7,534	7,019	515	6.8%	4.7%
2007	7,419	6,862	557	7.5%	4.7%
2008	7,399	6,793	606	8.2%	5.3%
2009	7,402	6,466	936	12.6%	8.4%

2010	8,000	7,114	886	11.1%	8.4%
2011	7,934	7,146	788	9.9%	7.7%
2012	7,850	7,134	716	9.1%	7.2%
2013	7,881	7,182	699	8.9%	6.7%
2014	7,714	7,157	557	7.2%	5.6%
2015	7,501	7,087	414	5.5%	4.4%
2016	7,494	7,123	371	5.0%	3.8%
2017	7,515	7,207	308	4.1%	3.4%
2018	7,465	7,179	286	3.8%	3.1%
2019	7,291	7,046	245	3.4%	2.7%

2020	7,151	6,760	391	5.5%	5.4%
2021	7,497	7,119	378	5.0%	4.6%
2022	7,258	6,982	276	3.8%	2.9%
2023	7,100	6,802	298	4.2%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	14,655
Median Value	$137,800

Occupied	7,654	52.2%
Vacant	7,001	47.8%

Owned	5,909	77.2%
Rented	1,745	22.8%
Median Rent	$792

Single-Family Units	12,106	82.6%
Detached	12,037	82.1%
Attached	69	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	320	2.2%
Mobile Homes	1,488	10.2%

Piscataquis County, ME

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Piscataquis County, ME

2022 Housing Data for Piscataquis County, ME

2022 Income & Employment Data for Piscataquis County, ME

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Piscataquis County, ME

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Piscataquis County, ME

Historical Labor Force Data for Piscataquis County, ME