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  The population of Kennebec county is estimated at 121,328. In 2017 there were 1,194 births and 1,277 deaths in Kennebec county. Kennebec county has 24,195 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,256 that are owned free and clear and 14,677 that are renter occupied.


  The gracious residents of Kennebec County filed 58,350 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 9.0% of all Maine filings and 0.039% of the entire nation. Kennebec had a combined total federal tax liability of $423,538,000 on earned income of $3,086,381,000. Other notable statistics from Kennebec County were 1,900 unemployment claims which collected a total of $7,862,000 and 10,110 charitable contributions valued at $31,708,000. 12,720 filings from Kennebec County paid a combined total of $46,743,000 in property taxes and 10,560 filings paid $59,905,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Kennebec county had 144 religious congregations with an estimated 39,052 members.

26.7% of the Kennebec population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 54% of Kennebec County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,774 votes.

At $52,265 the median income is 93.4% of the Maine average. An estimated 2,018 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Kennebec, the equivalant of around 3.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.6%.


Top 15 Industries in Kennebec County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
13,374Health care and social assistance
8,111Retail trade
5,432Hospitals
4,055Accommodation and food services
3,522Food services and drinking places
3,408Ambulatory health care services
3,160Restaurants and other eating places
2,386Manufacturing
2,320Nursing and residential care facilities
2,214Social assistance
1,990Wholesale trade
1,684Individual and family services
1,633Full-service restaurants
1,594Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,539Food and beverage stores


In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.79% in Kennebec County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 4901, 4345 and 4330).

In 2018 9.29% of listings in Kennebec County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 4364, 4330, 4901, 4963 and 4345) dropped their price.


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