2024 population: 1,073,391 ( 35,666 from 2020)
Land area: 11400.7 square miles
Population density: 94.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	976,790	91.00%	1.8%
Black:	29,322	2.73%	47.3%
Indian:	3,637	0.34%	0.2%
Asian:	16,817	1.57%	12.7%
2+ races:	20,414	1.90%	13.0%
Hispanic:	26,411	2.46%	23.1%

Total non-White:	96,601	9.00%	23.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	37,989	9.2
Deaths:	52,027	12.5
Net Migration:	38,144	9.2
Net Immigration:	11,555	2.8

Change in White population:	17,036	1.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	18,630	1.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,037,725
959,754	92.49%
19,912	1.92%
3,631	0.35%
14,917	1.44%
18,059	1.74%
21,452	2.07%
77,971	7.51%

2010
993,924
937,302	94.30%
13,193	1.33%
3,240	0.33%
11,274	1.13%
14,482	1.46%
13,608	1.37%
56,622	5.70%

2000
949,167
916,985	96.61%
5,186	0.55%
2,645	0.28%
7,632	0.80%
8,748	0.92%
7,331	0.77%
32,182	3.39%

1990
887,340
870,952	98.15%
3,461	0.39%
2,489	0.28%
5,254	0.59%
n/a
5,184	0.58%
16,388	1.85%

1980
797,885
788,309	98.80%
2,039	0.26%
1,295	0.16%
2,147	0.27%
n/a
3,874	0.49%
9,576	1.20%

1970
687,788
682,241	99.19%
1,544	0.22%
487	0.07%
811	0.12%
n/a
2,355	0.34%
5,547	0.81%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
87,109	8.8
93,667	9.4
22,380	2.3
9,148	0.9

22,452	2.3
21,349	2.1

Number	Rate
2000's
95,946	10.1
85,117	9.0
30,834	3.2
6,270	0.7

20,317	2.1
24,440	2.6

Number	Rate
1990's
108,569	12.2
85,503	9.6
12,974	1.5
3,838	0.4

46,033	5.2
15,794	1.8

Number	Rate
1980's
120,834	15.1
79,938	10.0
52,374	6.6
n/a

82,643	10.4
6,812	0.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
66,644	9.7
n/a

106,068	15.4
4,029	0.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
44.9
189,307	9.0%
1,921,809	91.0%
222,245	10.5%

437,276
2.31

266,362	60.9%
211,776	79.5%
20,645	7.8%
170,914	39.1%

2010
Number	Percent
42.9
206,931	20.8%
786,993	79.2%
157,889	15.9%

416,627
2.33

262,779	63.1%
202,772	77.2%
25,245	9.6%
153,848	36.9%

2000
Number	Percent
?
451,158	47.5%
498,009	52.5%
275,394	29.0%

772,776
2.40

508,968	65.9%
410,754	80.7%
46,534	9.1%
263,808	34.1%

1990
Number	Percent
34.1
222,061	25.0%
665,279	75.0%
120,982	13.6%

340,680
2.54

239,557	70.3%
199,535	83.3%
19,074	8.0%
101,123	29.7%

1980
Number	Percent
31.3
224,948	28.2%
572,937	71.8%
104,453	13.1%

287,127
2.70

211,326	73.6%
179,628	85.0%
15,824	7.5%
75,801	26.4%

2022 Housing Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	16,836	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	16,359	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	14,721	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	16,439	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	17,221	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	15,625	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,885	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	17,199	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	16,976	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	32,795	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	42,006	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	60,208	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	46,864	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	33,217	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	37,837	8.7%
$200,000 or more	37,088	8.5%

Median Household Income	74,579
Per Capita Income	42,308

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	99

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	22,583	5.2%
Public Assistance	11,434	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	48,286	11.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	477,040	75.3%
Unemployed	19,290	3.0%
In Armed Forces	1,433	0.2%

Total Labor Force	497,763	78.6%
Not in Labor Force	135,388	21.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	174,835	146,340	54.4%
Non-Profit	22,069	48,608	31.2%
Self-Employed	43,406	24,388	64.0%

Local Government	15,616	23,219	40.2%
State Government	8,121	10,573	43.4%
Federal Government	8,412	4,509	65.1%

Total Private + Self	218,241	170,728	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	54,218	86,909	38.4%
Total	272,459	257,637	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	13.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	89,427	16.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	108,083	20.4%
Professional, Technical	132,025	24.9%
Service Occupations	85,178	16.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,135	1.0%
All others	116,367	21.9%

White Collar		62.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	86,326	16.3%
Retail trade	67,442	12.7%
Educational services	54,083	10.2%
Manufacturing	52,179	9.8%
Construction	40,373	7.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	36,366	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	34,073	6.4%
Finance and insurance	28,853	5.4%
Other services	23,434	4.4%
Public administration	22,374	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17,490	3.3%
Transportation and warehousing	16,689	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	10,071	1.9%
Wholesale trade	10,053	1.9%
Information	9,360	1.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8,947	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	8,185	1.5%
Utilities	4,033	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	411	0.1%
Management	338	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,695	0.55%
Puerto Rican	4,924	0.48%
Cuban	887	0.09%
Dominican	564	0.05%

Total Central American	1,766	0.17%
Costa Rican	183	0.02%
Guatemalan	599	0.06%
Honduran	69	0.01%
Nicaraguan	116	0.01%
Panamanian	238	0.02%
Salvadoran	531	0.05%
Other Central American	30	0.00%

Total South American	2,647	0.26%
Argentinean	244	0.02%
Bolivian	85	0.01%
Chilean	126	0.01%
Colombian	610	0.06%
Ecuadorian	569	0.05%
Paraguayan	9	0.00%
Peruvian	669	0.06%
Uruguayan	23	0.00%
Venezuelan	261	0.03%
Other South American	51	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,844	0.37%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	3,209	0.31%
Filipino	1,937	0.19%
Indian	1,880	0.18%
Vietnamese	1,119	0.11%
Korean	951	0.09%
Cambodian	800	0.08%
Thai	619	0.06%
Japanese	558	0.05%
Taiwanese	194	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	927,966	94.0%
French, Haitian, Cajun	23,664	2.4%
Spanish	9,305	0.9%
Other	6,513	0.7%
Other Indo-European	6,240	0.6%
Other Asian	2,810	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,650	0.3%
German, other Germanic	2,370	0.2%
Chinese	2,099	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	209,684	20.3%
Irish	173,814	16.8%
French	127,096	12.3%
French Canadian	82,743	8.0%
German	81,599	7.9%
Italian	64,249	6.2%
American	56,196	5.4%
Scottish	44,601	4.3%
Polish	24,705	2.4%
European	17,033	1.6%
Swedish	16,627	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	15,151	1.5%
Norwegian	10,573	1.0%
Dutch	8,929	0.9%
Welsh	8,869	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,015,902	98.2%
Not a citizen	18,968	1.8%

Native	992,762	95.9%
Foreign-born	42,108	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
13,954	1.8%	28,754	3.8%	224,588	29.4%	218,419	28.6%	171,615	22.5%	106,898	14.0%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	13,954	1.8%
9-12 Years	28,754	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	224,588	29.4%
Some College	218,419	28.6%
Bach. Degree	171,615	22.5%
Grad Degree	106,898	14.0%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	465,895	443,241	22,654	4.9%
1991	468,346	434,714	33,632	7.2%
1992	467,961	435,762	32,199	6.9%
1993	460,516	432,095	28,421	6.2%
1994	458,970	433,416	25,554	5.6%
1995	468,039	445,019	23,020	4.9%
1996	480,414	458,767	21,647	4.5%
1997	483,315	462,695	20,620	4.3%
1998	483,858	465,878	17,980	3.7%
1999	491,710	475,178	16,532	3.4%

2000	510,877	495,771	15,106	3.0%
2001	509,601	492,146	17,455	3.4%
2002	512,894	491,864	21,030	4.1%
2003	517,934	494,431	23,503	4.5%
2004	521,337	500,190	21,147	4.1%
2005	527,896	504,988	22,908	4.3%
2006	532,699	510,634	22,065	4.1%
2007	533,330	511,267	22,063	4.1%
2008	535,098	509,330	25,768	4.8%
2009	531,317	490,027	41,290	7.8%

2010	526,986	485,811	41,175	7.8%
2011	528,165	490,561	37,604	7.1%
2012	530,141	494,933	35,208	6.6%
2013	532,638	499,906	32,732	6.1%
2014	528,050	501,295	26,755	5.1%
2015	521,861	501,227	20,634	4.0%
2016	528,311	510,548	17,763	3.4%
2017	533,622	517,434	16,188	3.0%
2018	533,989	518,863	15,126	2.8%
2019	534,324	520,999	13,325	2.5%

2020	519,916	491,140	28,776	5.5%
2021	526,009	502,991	23,018	4.4%
2022	518,959	504,799	14,160	2.7%
2023	529,847	515,964	13,883	2.6%
2024	551,480	535,794	15,686	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	560,086
Median Value	$284,261

Occupied	437,276	78.1%
Vacant	122,810	21.9%

Owned	321,028	73.4%
Rented	116,248	26.6%
Median Rent	$1,097

Single-Family Units	402,677	71.9%
Detached	386,803	69.1%
Attached	15,874	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	55,568	9.9%
Mobile Homes	39,952	7.1%

Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Portland-Auburn, ME-NH-VT Market Area