LEWISTON — A new set of data from the U.S. Census Bureau on 18- to 34-year-olds — known as “millennials” — hold both interesting and concerning details for Maine, the nation’s oldest state. According to the American Community Survey: 2009-2013, the segment of the U.S. population that’s made up of 18- to 34-year-olds is shrinking nationwide […]
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Census report shows fewer Mainers in poverty and lower incomes
AUGUSTA — Fewer Mainers were living in poverty in 2013 compared to the year before, but family income dropped as well, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The number of Mainers living in poverty declined 0.7 percent, from 189,786 to 180,639, according to the American Community Survey that polled people […]
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10 percent of Androscoggin County without health insurance
LEWISTON — About 10,700 people in Androscoggin County — 10 percent of residents — didn’t have health insurance in 2013. Of those uninsured, most were poor but working. The 2013 total of 10,713 people without insurance was up slightly from 9,949 people in 2012. Both years had a margin of error of about 1,800 people, […]
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U.S. Census: More Mainers lack health insurance
The American Community Survey numbers, released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday, show that Maine’s uninsured population rose from 135,000 in 2012 to 147,000 in 2013, an increase of 12,000 people. However, that difference carries a margin of error of 10,000 people. That means Maine could have between 2,000 and 22,000 more uninsured. In […]
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U.S. Census: Nation getting older; Maine still the oldest
Learn About Tableau WASHINGTON — The United States is still growing older, but the trend is reversing in the Great Plains, thanks to a liberal application of oil. But Maine continues to be the oldest state — the state’s median age was 43.9 in 2013. And it’s rising faster in Maine than the rest of the […]
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Auburn sticks with familiar voting districts
AUBURN — Councilors on Monday favored the wards similar to the ones they know over changing boundaries built around city neighborhoods. “The spoke wards we have now allow every councilor to represent some rural areas and some downtown,” Councilor Mary LaFontaine said. “I like that philosophy.” Councilors voted 6-1 to redraw the city’s ward boundaries […]
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Oil use drops; Efficiency Maine announces incentives to lower use here even more
Maine is the most heating-oil dependent state in the country, but figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census show its use here continuing to wane: 67.5 percent of homes relied on oil for their primary heat source in 2012, down from 69 percent in 2011 and 80.2 percent in 2000. Industry officials point to a […]
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Maine is getting older and is feeling the squeeze
Most of the nation’s oldest population is now clustered in the Northeast and growing rapidly, according to Census data, straining medical, housing and transportation budgets and forcing lawmakers to look for new approaches. And legislators and governors are reaching the conclusion that the way to pay for the elderly is to cater to the young. […]