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Kennebec County in ME has the 12th-least total domestic water use per capita (56.70 gallons/day) of the 196 counties in the East Coast states that are high in creative professions and not high in natural amenities. Those 56.70 gallons/day compare to an average of 71.47 gallons/day across the 196 counties.
Coming in under the average of 71.47 gallons/day corresponds to a decrease of 1,772,214 gallons/day daily water usage.
Note: total domestic water use per capita =
(1,000,000 * total water usage for all purposes) ÷ population in 2015
Kennebec County in ME has these standings among those 196 counties:
Coming in under the average of 71.47 gallons/day corresponds to a decrease of 1,772,214 gallons/day daily water usage.
Note: total domestic water use per capita =
(1,000,000 * total water usage for all purposes) ÷ population in 2015
Kennebec County in ME has these standings among those 196 counties:
- total domestic water use per capita = 56.70 gallons/day (12th-least)
- total water usage for all purposes = 12.90 Mgal/day (56th-least, tied)
- population in 2015 = 119,980 (75th-lowest)
- total domestic water use per capita. Estimated total domestic water use (withdrawals + deliveries) in gallons per day per capita, based on total domestic water use in 2010 (source: http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/data/2010/index.html) and total county population in 2015 (source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx). To qualify for total domestic water use per capita, the number of population in 2015 must be at least 5,000.
- high in natural amenities. A high natural amenities county falls in the top quartile of counties ranked by the ERS natural amenities scale; the scale combines six measures of climate, topography, and water area that reflect environmental qualities most people prefer. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
- high in creative professions. A 'yes' value is good. A creative class county falls in the top quartile of counties ranked by percent of employed persons 16 years old or older in occupations that involve 'thinking creatively.' This skill element is defined as developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
Kennebec County in ME is in Maine, is in the East Coast states, high in creative professions, got worse or bottomed out on all the obesity and diabetes change metrics (4 of these; each county needs at least 3 with actual values to qualify), is federal/state government-dependent, saw little change in onshore oil production, saw little change in natural-gas production, is better than the nationwide averages in each of overall obesity, male obesity, female obesity, change over 4 years in overall obesity, change over 4 years in male obesity, and change over 4 years in female obesity, is better than the nationwide income averages in each of per-capita income, poverty rate, poverty rate for children age 0-17, deep-poverty rate, and deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17, and is better than the nationwide averages in adults of age 25+ with each of a bachelors degree or higher, less than a bachelors degree, less than an associate degree, no college credits, and no high school diploma or ged.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($45,556)
- per-capita income ($25,636)
- median rent for a 3-bedroom unit ($1,153)
- median rent for a 1-bedroom unit ($708)
- median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit ($685)
- white non-Hispanic population (95.4%)
- proportion of veterans who are male (92.1%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than a bachelors degree (76.2%)
- owner-occupied housing (70.2%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than an associate degree (66.3%)
- change in median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit over the last decade (+62.0%)
- residents employed in services (53.8%)
- adults of age 25+ with no college credits (45.0%)
- change in median rent for a 1-bedroom unit over the last decade (+43.0%)
- change in median rent for a 3-bedroom unit over the last decade (+37.0%)
- religious adherents (32.00%)
- female obesity (30.9%)
- obesity (30.7%)
- male obesity (30.4%)
- adults of age 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher (23.9%)
- poverty rate for children age 0-17 (19.4%)
- Catholics (17.80%)
- population age 65 or older (15.5%)
- farmland (15.5%)
- poverty rate (13.8%)
- residents who are veterans (12.1%)
- adults of age 65+ living alone (11.4%)
- residents who have diabetes (10.8%)
- female-headed family households (10.5%)
- adults of age 25+ with no high school diploma or GED (9.1%)
- residents employed in government (9.1%)
- deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17 (8.1%)
- unemployment rate for veterans (8.0%)
- residents employed in manufacturing (7.9%)
- proportion of veterans who are female (7.9%)
- Mainline Protestants (7.40%)
- deep-poverty rate (5.4%)
- Evangelical Protestants (4.80%)
- enrollment frequency in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (4.70%)
- unemployment rate (4.2%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of male obesity (+4.2%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of obesity (+3.5%)
- change over 9 years in the prevalence of diabetes (+3.2%)
- United Methodists (3.00%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of female obesity (+2.8%)
- foreign-born population (2.4%)
- multi-racial population (1.7%)
- residents employed in agriculture or other resource-based industries (1.6%)
- Hispanic population (1.2%)
- Mormons (1.20%)
- non-English speaking households (1.1%)
- Asian population (0.7%)
- European-born population (0.7%)
- black non-Hispanic population (0.5%)
- Native American non-Hispanic population (0.5%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among women over men (0.5%)
- Evangelical Lutherans (0.38%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net international immigration (+0.2%)
- Caribbean-born population (0.2%)
- Southern Baptists (0.14%)
- Mexican-born population (0.0%)
- Central or South American-born population (0.0%)
- African-born population (0.0%)
- Asian-born population (0.0%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate (-0.2%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years (-0.4%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among men over women (-0.5%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net inbound migration (-1.2%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the net inbound migration rate (-1.5%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 (-1.8%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-3.2%)
- change, relative to its home state, in per-capita income (-6.2%)
- average household size (2.3)
- enrollees in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (5,639)
- land area (867.5 sq miles)
- population in 2015 (119,980)
- total domestic water use (6.80 Mgal/day)
- total domestic water use per capita (56.70 gallons/day)
- total water usage for all purposes (12.90 Mgal/day)
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