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York County in ME has the 2nd-lowest deep-poverty rate (3.9%) among the 16 Maine counties. That 3.9% compares to an average of 5.5% across those 16 counties.
- deep-poverty rate. Lower values are better. Deep poverty rate for all ages, 2010-2014. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
York County in ME is in Maine, is in the East Coast states, high in creative professions, contains a high-density urban area, 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), improved or maxed out on all the population and employment change metrics (5 of these; each county needs at least 4 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 median household income, 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 ($55,482)
- per-capita income ($29,741)
- median rent for a 3-bedroom unit ($1,252)
- median rent for a 1-bedroom unit ($764)
- median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit ($661)
- white non-Hispanic population (95.6%)
- proportion of veterans who are male (93.4%)
- owner-occupied housing (72.7%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than a bachelors degree (70.9%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than an associate degree (60.9%)
- residents employed in services (55.8%)
- adults of age 25+ with no college credits (40.4%)
- change in median rent for a 3-bedroom unit over the last decade (+38.0%)
- religious adherents (30.70%)
- adults of age 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher (29.1%)
- female obesity (27.6%)
- obesity (27.3%)
- male obesity (26.9%)
- change in median rent for a 1-bedroom unit over the last decade (+21.0%)
- Catholics (20.40%)
- population age 65 or older (15.4%)
- poverty rate for children age 0-17 (14.1%)
- residents employed in manufacturing (12.6%)
- residents who are veterans (11.7%)
- adults of age 65+ living alone (11.4%)
- poverty rate (11.2%)
- residents who have diabetes (9.7%)
- female-headed family households (9.6%)
- farmland (9%)
- change, relative to its home state, in per-capita income (+8.8%)
- adults of age 25+ with no high school diploma or GED (8.0%)
- proportion of veterans who are female (6.6%)
- enrollment frequency in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (6.10%)
- Mainline Protestants (5.80%)
- deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17 (5.4%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of male obesity (+5.1%)
- change in median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit over the last decade (+4.9%)
- unemployment rate for veterans (4.8%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of obesity (+4.5%)
- residents employed in government (4.4%)
- deep-poverty rate (3.9%)
- unemployment rate (3.9%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of female obesity (+3.9%)
- foreign-born population (3.2%)
- Evangelical Protestants (3.10%)
- change over 9 years in the prevalence of diabetes (+2.5%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 (+2.0%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net inbound migration (+1.9%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the net inbound migration rate (+1.6%)
- multi-racial population (1.4%)
- Hispanic population (1.3%)
- United Methodists (1.30%)
- non-English speaking households (1.2%)
- Asian population (1.1%)
- residents employed in agriculture or other resource-based industries (1.1%)
- European-born population (1.0%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among women over men (0.7%)
- black non-Hispanic population (0.5%)
- Mormons (0.46%)
- Caribbean-born population (0.4%)
- Southern Baptists (0.32%)
- Native American non-Hispanic population (0.3%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net international immigration (+0.2%)
- Mexican-born population (0.2%)
- Evangelical Lutherans (0.19%)
- Central or South American-born population (0.0%)
- African-born population (0.0%)
- Asian-born population (0.0%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years (-0.1%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among men over women (-0.7%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate (-2.8%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-3.5%)
- average household size (2.4)
- enrollees in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (12,321)
- land area (990.7 sq miles)
- population in 2015 (201,169)
- total domestic water use (11.80 Mgal/day)
- total domestic water use per capita (58.70 gallons/day)
- total water usage for all purposes (47.30 Mgal/day)
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