The population of Penobscot county is estimated at 151,515. In 2017 there were 1,379 births and 1,567 deaths in Penobscot county. Penobscot county has 27,744 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 15,237 that are owned free and clear and 19,985 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Penobscot County filed 67,980 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 10.4% of all Maine filings and 0.046% of the entire nation. Penobscot had a combined total federal tax liability of $513,613,000 on earned income of $3,535,008,000. Other notable statistics from Penobscot County were 2,980 unemployment claims which collected a total of $14,053,000 and 11,060 charitable contributions valued at $39,675,000. 13,990 filings from Penobscot County paid a combined total of $53,884,000 in property taxes and 11,720 filings paid $68,063,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Penobscot county had 177 religious congregations with an estimated 37,055 members.
26.2% of the Penobscot population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Penobscot County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,057 votes.
At $49,836 the median income is 89.0% of the Maine average. An estimated 2,860 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Penobscot, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Penobscot County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
14,740	Health care and social assistance
10,931	Retail trade
5,639	Accommodation and food services
5,230	Hospitals
4,599	Food services and drinking places
4,346	Restaurants and other eating places
4,159	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
4,124	Ambulatory health care services
4,011	Administrative and support services
3,749	Manufacturing
3,246	Nursing and residential care facilities
2,563	Full-service restaurants
2,382	Transportation and warehousing
2,140	Social assistance
2,011	General merchandise stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.42% in Penobscot County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 4401, 4444, 4468 and 4412).

In 2018 14.37% of listings in Penobscot County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 4401, 4444, 4468 and 4412) dropped their price.

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