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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

From the River Valley Sun, Some Facts About Maine Compared to the Rest of the Nation

By the Numbers 2010-2011

Candice Casey

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Maine by the Numbers

Rumford, Maine-The Maine Heritage Policy Center issued the 2011-2012 compendium “By the Numbers” today. This is a fact-based look at how Maine compares to the other states and the District of Columbia of the United States in six key areas: demographics, economics, health care, welfare, education and tax and fiscal. Included are Maine’s totals with rankings alongside the New England state average, rural peer state average, national average, and those of the highest and lowest-ranked states.

Maine has the oldest population in the nation based on median age (43.4 years of age), ranks 3 in having the greatest percentage of the population over 65 (15.89%), and is second only to D.C. in having the smallest percentage of the population 18 or under (22.15%).

Not surprisingly, from an Economic perspective, Maine ranks 42, near the bottom when it comes to Gross Domestic Product at only $4,842,000,000.