Northeast Piscataquis, Maine

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Northeast Piscataquis is an unorganized territory in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 347 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 1,820.4 square miles (4,714.8 km²), of which, 1,710.5 square miles (4,430.3 km²) of it is land and 109.8 square miles (284.5 km²) of it (6.03%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 347 people, 157 households, and 108 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 0.2 people per square mile (0.1/km²). There were 1,214 housing units at an average density of 0.7/sq mi (0.3/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 99.14% White, 0.29% Native American, 0.29% Asian, and 0.29% from two or more races.

There were 157 households out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.7% were married couples living together, 1.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.62.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 41.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 109.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.6 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $37,813. Males had a median income of $31,364 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $15,643. About 7.7% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.