Franklin County, Maine

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Franklin County, Maine
Map
Location in the state of Maine
Statistics
Formed	1760
Seat	Farmington
Area - Total - Land - Water	4,518 km² (1,744 mi²) sq mi ( km²) 120 km² (46 mi²), 31.34%
Population - (2000) - Density	29,467 7/km² (17/mi²)/km²

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2000, the population was 29,467. Its county seat is Farmington ⁶.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent Counties
2 Demographics
3 External link
4 Cities and towns
5 Territories and locations

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,518 km² (1,744 mi²). 4,397 km² (1,698 mi²) of it is land and 120 km² (46 mi²) of it (2.67%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Somerset County, Maine - northeast
Kennebec County, Maine - southeast
Androscoggin County, Maine - south
Oxford County, Maine - southwest
Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec - northwest

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 29,467 people, 11,806 households, and 7,744 families residing in the county. The population density was 7/km² (17/mi²). There were 19,159 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.96% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 0.54% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 11,806 households out of which 29.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were married couples living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.50% under the age of 18, 11.10% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,459, and the median income for a family was $37,863. Males had a median income of $30,475 versus $20,442 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,796. About 10.70% of families and 14.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.90% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] External link

http://www.franklincountychamberofcommerce.org Franklin County Chamber of Commerce

[edit] Cities and towns

[edit] Territories and locations

	State of Maine
Topics	Culture \| Geography \| Government \| History \| Images
Capital	Augusta
Regions	Acadia \| Down East \| Maine Atlantic Coast \| Maine Highlands \| Maine Lake Country \| North Woods \| Penobscot Bay \| Southern Coast \| Western Maine Mountains
Counties	Androscoggin \| Aroostook \| Cumberland \| Franklin \| Hancock \| Kennebec \| Knox \| Lincoln \| Oxford \| Penobscot \| Piscataquis \| Sagadahoc \| Somerset \| Waldo \| Washington \| York
Largest cities	Auburn \| Augusta \| Bangor \| Bath \| Belfast \| Biddeford \| Brewer \| Caribou \| Ellsworth \| Houlton \| Kittery \| Lewiston \| Millinocket \| Old Orchard Beach \| Old Town \| Orono \| Portland \| Presque Isle \| Rockland \| Rumford \| Saco \| Sanford \| South Portland \| Topsham \| Waterville \| Westbrook