A NATIONAL DATA SYSTEM PUBLICATION2024 ACS · FIVE-YEAR EDITION
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How do two states really compare?

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31 MEASURES. TWO PERSPECTIVES.

District Of Columbia & Maine

MEASUREDISTRICT OF COLUMBIAMAINEDIFFERENCE · FIRST MINUS SECOND
Population ↗Reported count702,250Outside state ranking1,405,012#42 of 50 states−702,762
Housing units ↗Reported count350,364Outside state ranking739,072#40 of 50 states−388,708
Vacant housing units ↗Reported count39,013Outside state ranking149,478#31 of 50 states−110,465
Reported monthly rent ↗Dollars$1,931Outside state ranking$1,210#21 of 50 states+$721
Employed residents ↗Reported count389,016Outside state ranking713,799#41 of 50 states−324,783
Unemployed residents ↗Reported count23,218Outside state ranking19,982#45 of 50 states+3,236
Armed Forces personnel ↗Reported count4,468Outside state ranking2,973#46 of 50 states+1,495
Residents outside the labor force ↗Reported count167,804Outside state ranking453,768#40 of 50 states−285,964
Public transportation commuters ↗Reported count103,317Outside state ranking4,114#44 of 50 states+99,203
Residents working from home ↗Reported count88,726Outside state ranking103,070#37 of 50 states−14,344
Mean commute time ↗Minutes31.0 minOutside state ranking25.6 min#23 of 50 states+5.4 min
Median household income ↗Dollars$109,707Outside state ranking$76,442#30 of 50 states+$33,265
Per capita income ↗Dollars$76,604Outside state ranking$45,286#19 of 50 states+$31,318
Mean household income ↗Dollars$161,107Outside state ranking$102,734#29 of 50 states+$58,373
Reported SNAP receipt ↗Reported count52,355Outside state ranking78,348#36 of 50 states−25,993
Reported Social Security income ↗Reported count55,170Outside state ranking236,301#40 of 50 states−181,131
Reported retirement income ↗Reported count55,294Outside state ranking172,341#40 of 50 states−117,047
Reported SSI receipt ↗Reported count15,101Outside state ranking36,142#38 of 50 states−21,041
Reported cash public assistance ↗Reported count16,372Outside state ranking17,877#37 of 50 states−1,505
Residents with health insurance ↗Reported count660,918Outside state ranking1,309,493#42 of 50 states−648,575
Residents without health insurance ↗Reported count31,061Outside state ranking76,864#42 of 50 states−45,803
Private health insurance ↗Reported count480,511Outside state ranking952,356#42 of 50 states−471,845
Public health insurance ↗Reported count239,572Outside state ranking566,310#40 of 50 states−326,738
Private wage workers ↗Reported count272,874Outside state ranking551,298#41 of 50 states−278,424
Government workers ↗Reported count99,423Outside state ranking103,683#41 of 50 states−4,260
Self-employed workers ↗Reported count16,495Outside state ranking57,276#39 of 50 states−40,781
White non-Hispanic population ↗Reported count254,350Outside state ranking1,252,316#39 of 50 states−997,966
Black or African American population ↗Reported count285,823Outside state ranking27,897#41 of 50 states+257,926
American Indian & Alaska Native population ↗Reported count820Outside state ranking4,804#43 of 50 states−3,984
Asian population ↗Reported count34,592Outside state ranking18,720#44 of 50 states+15,872
Hispanic or Latino population ↗Reported count88,430Outside state ranking32,869#49 of 50 states+55,561

Ranks follow each measure’s default order. Counts reflect state size as well as the underlying condition; higher is not automatically better. State comparisons describe separate populations, not the same household across measures.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-Year Estimates. Supplied extract; descriptive ranks across 50 states.

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