Maine

2022 population: 1,385,340 ( 56,979 from 2010 , 22,999 from 2020)
Land area: 30845.0 square miles
Population density: 44.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,277,208	92.19%	1.8%
Black:	25,928	1.87%	71.1%
Indian:	8,807	0.64%	7.3%
Asian:	19,187	1.39%	39.5%
2+ races:	25,224	1.82%	32.8%
Hispanic:	28,986	2.09%	71.2%

Total non-White:	108,132	7.81%	46.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	26,607	9.8
Deaths:	37,786	13.9
Net Migration:	30,642	11.2
Net Immigration:	3,595	1.3

Change in White population:	22,911	1.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	34,068	2.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,328,361
1,254,297	94.42%
15,154	1.14%
8,210	0.62%
13,755	1.04%
18,996	1.43%
16,935	1.27%
74,064	5.58%

2000
1,274,923
1,230,297	96.50%
6,440	0.51%
6,911	0.54%
9,348	0.73%
11,731	0.92%
9,360	0.73%
44,626	3.50%

1990
1,227,928
1,202,407	97.92%
5,164	0.42%
6,272	0.51%
7,016	0.57%
n/a
7,069	0.58%
25,521	2.08%

1980
1,124,660
1,108,492	98.56%
3,299	0.29%
4,074	0.36%
3,073	0.27%
n/a
5,331	0.47%
16,168	1.44%

1970
992,048
981,570	98.94%
2,790	0.28%
2,187	0.22%
1,198	0.12%
n/a
3,730	0.38%
10,478	1.06%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
128,319	10.1
116,170	9.1
30,725	2.4
8,079	0.6

24,000	1.9
29,438	2.3

Number	Rate
1990's
146,651	11.9
117,451	9.6
-4,406	-0.4
4,597	0.4

27,890	2.3
19,105	1.6

Number	Rate
1980's
168,202	15.0
109,788	9.8
49,476	4.4
n/a

93,915	8.4
9,353	0.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
61,497	6.2
n/a

126,922	12.8
5,690	0.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Maine

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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
44.8
250,816	18.1%
1,134,524	81.9%
293,488	21.2%

580,172
2.29

351,677	60.6%
277,978	79.0%
27,763	7.9%
228,495	39.4%

2010
Number	Percent
42.8
274,533	20.7%
1,053,828	79.3%
211,080	15.9%

557,219
2.32

350,621	62.9%
270,088	77.0%
33,634	9.6%
206,598	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
38.5
300,978	23.6%
973,945	76.4%
183,642	14.4%

518,372
2.39

342,431	66.1%
276,856	80.9%
31,193	9.1%
175,941	33.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.8
309,300	25.2%
918,628	74.8%
163,160	13.3%

465,729
2.56

330,831	71.0%
275,246	83.2%
26,475	8.0%
134,898	29.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.6
322,162	28.6%
802,498	71.4%
140,916	12.5%

395,474
2.75

295,488	74.7%
251,534	85.1%
21,639	7.3%
99,986	25.3%

2022 Housing Data for Maine

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	24,295	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	25,844	4.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	22,313	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	24,281	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	24,315	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	23,005	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	22,641	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	23,751	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	22,547	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	43,854	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	56,664	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	78,575	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	58,903	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	40,968	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	45,425	7.8%
$200,000 or more	42,791	7.4%

Median Household Income	68,251
Per Capita Income	39,718

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	91

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	33,627	5.8%
Public Assistance	15,957	2.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	74,561	12.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	616,039	73.6%
Unemployed	25,784	3.1%
In Armed Forces	1,969	0.2%

Total Labor Force	643,792	76.9%
Not in Labor Force	193,508	23.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	221,438	184,370	54.6%
Non-Profit	30,193	64,351	31.9%
Self-Employed	56,472	31,323	64.3%

Local Government	19,622	30,007	39.5%
State Government	11,913	14,949	44.3%
Federal Government	10,953	6,451	62.9%

Total Private + Self	277,910	215,693	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	72,681	115,758	38.6%
Total	350,591	331,451	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	13.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	109,958	16.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	139,436	20.4%
Professional, Technical	167,000	24.4%
Service Occupations	111,782	16.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	10,305	1.5%
All others	155,194	22.7%

White Collar		60.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	115,198	16.9%
Retail trade	87,852	12.9%
Educational services	72,326	10.6%
Manufacturing	61,842	9.0%
Construction	51,887	7.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	43,341	6.3%
Accommodation and food services	41,714	6.1%
Finance and insurance	34,306	5.0%
Other services	30,736	4.5%
Public administration	30,400	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	23,433	3.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	21,741	3.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	16,359	2.4%
Wholesale trade	12,893	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	11,929	1.7%
Information	11,148	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	9,604	1.4%
Utilities	5,734	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	490	0.1%
Management	437	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,909	0.58%
Puerto Rican	6,301	0.46%
Cuban	1,286	0.09%
Dominican	719	0.05%

Total Central American	2,142	0.16%
Costa Rican	197	0.01%
Guatemalan	689	0.05%
Honduran	198	0.01%
Nicaraguan	135	0.01%
Panamanian	298	0.02%
Salvadoran	595	0.04%
Other Central American	30	0.00%

Total South American	3,073	0.22%
Argentinean	316	0.02%
Bolivian	85	0.01%
Chilean	112	0.01%
Colombian	790	0.06%
Ecuadorian	556	0.04%
Paraguayan	4	0.00%
Peruvian	835	0.06%
Uruguayan	47	0.00%
Venezuelan	277	0.02%
Other South American	51	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,468	0.33%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	3,780	0.28%
Filipino	2,735	0.20%
Indian	1,848	0.14%
Vietnamese	1,284	0.09%
Korean	1,225	0.09%
Cambodian	813	0.06%
Thai	770	0.06%
Japanese	616	0.05%
Taiwanese	244	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,226,411	94.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	32,702	2.5%
Spanish	11,381	0.9%
Other	7,880	0.6%
Other Indo-European	7,031	0.5%
German, other Germanic	4,369	0.3%
Other Asian	3,300	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,070	0.2%
Chinese	2,735	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	277,628	20.3%
Irish	219,780	16.1%
French	168,535	12.3%
German	103,618	7.6%
French Canadian	97,073	7.1%
American	83,117	6.1%
Italian	74,843	5.5%
Scottish	57,721	4.2%
Polish	30,083	2.2%
Swedish	22,029	1.6%
European	21,236	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	19,593	1.4%
Norwegian	12,366	0.9%
Canadian	11,408	0.8%
Dutch	11,171	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,343,630	98.3%
Not a citizen	23,319	1.7%

Native	1,315,042	96.2%
Foreign-born	51,907	3.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
19,687	2.0%	40,073	4.0%	311,595	31.0%	291,344	29.0%	214,733	21.3%	128,529	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	19,687	2.0%
9-12 Years	40,073	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	311,595	31.0%
Some College	291,344	29.0%
Bach. Degree	214,733	21.3%
Grad Degree	128,529	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	631,940	598,331	33,609	5.3%
1991	640,448	590,679	49,769	7.8%
1992	641,446	594,143	47,303	7.4%
1993	630,135	587,264	42,871	6.8%
1994	627,030	585,784	41,246	6.6%
1995	639,123	601,498	37,625	5.9%
1996	654,505	619,718	34,787	5.3%
1997	658,214	623,938	34,276	5.2%
1998	655,502	626,126	29,376	4.5%
1999	668,956	642,103	26,853	4.0%

2000	677,466	654,968	22,498	3.3%
2001	674,964	649,637	25,327	3.8%
2002	678,540	648,300	30,240	4.5%
2003	685,155	649,900	35,255	5.1%
2004	685,968	654,079	31,889	4.6%
2005	695,294	661,183	34,111	4.9%
2006	700,750	667,809	32,941	4.7%
2007	699,745	667,065	32,680	4.7%
2008	701,930	664,446	37,484	5.3%
2009	697,713	639,124	58,589	8.4%

2010	697,833	638,986	58,847	8.4%
2011	698,983	644,969	54,014	7.7%
2012	700,737	650,319	50,418	7.2%
2013	704,247	657,063	47,184	6.7%
2014	698,037	659,007	39,030	5.6%
2015	687,852	657,547	30,305	4.4%
2016	693,919	667,723	26,196	3.8%
2017	699,535	675,934	23,601	3.4%
2018	698,270	676,566	21,704	3.1%
2019	696,195	677,207	18,988	2.7%

2020	676,547	639,761	36,786	5.4%
2021	685,168	653,340	31,828	4.6%
2022	674,874	654,967	19,907	2.9%
2023	687,314	667,616	19,698	2.9%

Migration Data for Maine

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Massachusetts	41,930
New Hampshire	35,326
Florida	29,358
New York	17,890
California	12,208
Connecticut	11,788
Texas	9,984
Virginia	9,054
North Carolina	8,680
Pennsylvania	8,586
New Jersey	6,057
Vermont	6,001
Colorado	5,565
Georgia	5,078
Maryland	4,730

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Florida	37,385
New Hampshire	31,255
Massachusetts	28,374
New York	12,686
California	11,358
Texas	10,239
North Carolina	9,876
Virginia	8,452
Connecticut	7,386
Pennsylvania	6,631
South Carolina	5,554
Georgia	5,329
Arizona	5,314
Colorado	5,125
Vermont	4,460

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	741,803
Median Value	$244,800

Occupied	580,172	78.2%
Vacant	161,631	21.8%

Owned	426,239	73.5%
Rented	153,933	26.5%
Median Rent	$1,009

Single-Family Units	536,811	72.4%
Detached	519,234	70.0%
Attached	17,577	2.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	66,164	8.9%
Mobile Homes	61,426	8.3%

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Districts in this state

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Maine

2022 Housing Data for Maine

2022 Income & Employment Data for Maine

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Maine

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Maine

Historical Labor Force Data for Maine

Migration Data for Maine

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