Oxford County, Maine

Oxford County is a located in the  of  with a population of 54,755 as of the. Its is. Part of Oxford County is included in the -, Maine metropolitan while a different part of Oxford County is included in the --, Maine metropolitan.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,634 (2,175 ). 5,382 km² (2,078 sq mi) of it is land and 252 km² (97 sq mi) of it (4.47%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 54,755 people, 22,314 households, and 15,173 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (26/sq mi). There were 32,295 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.25%, 0.17% or , 0.28% , 0.37% , 0.02% , 0.11% from , and 0.80% from two or more races. 0.53% of the population were or  of any race. 23.6% were of, 13.9% , 13.7% or American, 10.1%  and 8.4%  ancestry according to. 95.9% spoke and 2.6%  as their first language.

There were 22,314 households out of which 30.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.10% were living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 25.50% from 45 to 64, and 16.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,435, and the median income for a family was $39,794. Males had a median income of $30,641 versus $21,233 for females. The for the county was $16,945. About 8.30% of families and 11.80% of the population were below the, including 14.80% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over.