{"id":162,"date":"2012-02-13T07:43:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T07:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.143.185.113\/?p=162"},"modified":"2012-02-13T07:43:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T07:43:38","slug":"a-look-at-maine-where-mitt-romney-and-ron-paul-are-vying-for-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"A look at Maine, where Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are vying for victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Lighthouse<\/a>
A lighthouse in Maine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A profile of Maine, site of the Republican caucus on Feb. 11:<\/p>\n

NUMBERS<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

Population: 1,328,361<\/p>\n

AGE<\/p>\n

Median age: 42.7<\/p>\n

Percentage of population 65 and over: 15.9 percent<\/p>\n

RACE AND ETHNICITY<\/p>\n

95.2 percent white, 1.3 percent Hispanic or Latino origin, 1.2 percent black, 1 percent Asian<\/p>\n

LANGUAGE<\/p>\n

Language other than English spoken at home: 7.1 percent<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/p>\n

High school graduate or higher: 89.8 percent<\/p>\n

Bachelor\u2019s degree or higher: 26.5 percent<\/p>\n

MONEY<\/p>\n

Median household income: $46,933<\/p>\n

People below poverty level: 12.6 percent<\/p>\n

Home ownership rate: 73.1 percent<\/p>\n

2008 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n

Barack Obama, 57.6 percent; John McCain, 40.4 percent; Ralph Nader, 1.4 percent.<\/p>\n

REGISTERED VOTERS (as of 11\/2\/11):<\/p>\n

Republican: 275,978<\/p>\n

Democratic: 324,435<\/p>\n

Undeclared: 355,037<\/p>\n

Green Independent: 34,435.<\/p>\n

MAINE QUICK FACTS:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maine is the nation\u2019s most heavily forested state.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maine has 3,500 miles of coastline and 6,000 lakes and ponds.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maine fishermen harvested more than 100 million pounds of lobster in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hannibal Hamlin of Paris, Maine, served as vice president under Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Writer Stephen King was raised in Maine and lives in Bangor.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maine is nearly as large as the other five New England states combined.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maine is home to Mount Katahdin, the northern end of the Appalachian Trail and the state\u2019s highest mountain at 5,268 feet<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maine has the nation\u2019s oldest median age.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Sources: 2010 U.S. Census data; Maine Office of the Secretary of State; State of Maine website. – Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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