Maine Population

Maine (abbreviation is 'ME') is the north-eastern state of United state, borders Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Quebec to the northeast and northwest and New Hampshire to the west. Maine population in 2021 is expected to be 1.34 million and 38th by population rank. Its area is 35,385 square miles (91,646 sq km), 39th position by area rank. Maine was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. Maine capita is Augusta and Portland is the most populous city. Maine has 3,478 miles of coastline and is popular for lobster production and single largest producer of blueberries in the US. Maine’s earliest inhabitants were descendants of Ice Age hunters.

ME population in 2020 is expected to be 1.3 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	1,327,632
2011	1,328,150	0.04
2012	1,327,691	-0.03
2013	1,328,196	0.04
2014	1,330,760	0.19
2015	1,328,484	-0.17
2016	1,331,370	0.22
2017	1,335,063	0.28
2018	1,338,404	0.25
2019*	1,341,215	0.21
2020*	1,344,293	0.23
2021*	1,346,836	0.19

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Maine Population by Race & Groups

In terms of Maine population by race, 94.6% are White Americans, 1.27% are Black Americans, 0.617 are AIAN and 0.02% are NHPI. 14,804 people are Asian population constitutes 1.11% of Maine population out of these 2,151 are Indians from South Asia, 4,016 are Chinese, 514 are Japanese, 1,073 are Korean, 2,015 are Filipinos and 1636 are Vietnamese. 20,427 are Hispanic/Latino race, of these 5,404 are Puerto Ricans, 1,148 are Cubans and 5,719 are Mexicans. Regarding NHPI population and American Indian, 80 people are Native Hawaiians, 53 are Samoans, 83 are Guamanian/Chamorros, 111 are Cherokee tribals, 63 are Navajo tribals, 50 are Sioux tribals and 105 are Chippewa tribals.

Total Population	1,330,158	Percent
White	1,258,918	94.64%
Black or African American	16,906	1.27%
American Indian and Alaska Native	8,212	0.617%
Cherokee tribal grouping	111	0.008%
Chippewa tribal grouping	105	0.008%
Navajo tribal grouping	63	0.005%
Sioux tribal grouping	50	0.004%
Asian Population	14,804	1.11%
Asian Indian	2,151	0.16%
Chinese	4,016	0.30%
Filipino	2,015	0.15%
Japanese	514	0.04%
Korean	1,073	0.08%
Vietnamese	1,636	0.12%
Other Asian Population	3,399
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	249	0.02%
Native Hawaiian	80	0.006%
Guamanian or Chamorro	83	0.006%
Samoan	53	0.004%
Other Pacific Islander	33
Some other race	2,967
Hispanic or Latino	20,427	1.54%
Mexican	5,719	0.43%
Puerto Rican	5,405	0.41%
Cuban	1,148	0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino	8,155

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Maine

The Maine top populated cities are Portland, Lewiston, Bangor and South Portland.

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Portland	66,417

Population Pyramid

Maine population pyramid as per census estimates of 2017 as per below.

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in ME

English is the official language of Maine state, 1.1 million people speak only English, 11,186 speak Spanish language, 49,881 speak European languages, 9651 speak Asian languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Odisha, Punjabi and Chinese.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	1,186,749	93.76
Spanish Language	11,186	0.88
European Language	49,881	3.94
Asian Languages	9,651	0.76
Other Languages	8,297	0.66

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Maine state eduction level stats as per below table on High School/University.

Population 18 to 24 years		112,245	57,660	54,585
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	12,658	7,093	5,565
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	35,083	19,022	16,061
	Some college or associates degree	53,178	26,505	26,673
	Bachelors degree or higher	11,326	5,040	6,286
Population 25 years and over		961,086	461,507	499,579
	Less than 9th grade	26,575	14,061	12,514
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	49,053	27,996	21,057
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	310,724	156,162	154,562
	Some college, no degree	187,812	90,079	97,733
	Associates degree	95,895	41,578	54,317
	Bachelors degree	185,832	83,720	102,112
	Graduate or professional degree	105,195	47,911	57,284

White		915,994	439,802	476,192
	High school graduate or higher	847,213	400,819	446,394
	Bachelors degree or higher	278,079	125,547	152,532
Black or African		8,066	4,821	3,245
	High school graduate or higher	6,558	4,134	2,424
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,921	1,098	823
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		5,257	2,470	2,787
	High school graduate or higher	4,256	1,977	2,279
	Bachelors degree or higher	782	347	435
Asian		9,779	3,843	5,936
	High school graduate or higher	7,996	3,098	4,898
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,301	1,762	2,539
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		191	85	106
	High school graduate or higher	138	85	53
	Bachelors degree or higher	13	11	2
Hispanic or Latino Origin		10,643	5,054	5,589
	High school graduate or higher	9,406	4,447	4,959
	Bachelors degree or higher	3,298	1,600	1,698

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	208,646
Male	105,675
Female	102,971
	-
White	198,946
Black or African American	1,460
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,091
Asian	925
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	50
Some other race	311
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	65,104
With a vision difficulty	28,513
With a cognitive difficulty	86,570
With an ambulatory difficulty	96,977
With a self-care difficulty	34,717
With an independent living difficulty	68,617

Counties of Maine

Maine state is divided into 16 counties, Cumberland County is the most populous county in the Maine state with 293,557, followed by York County with 206,229, Penobscot County with 151,096, Kennebec County with 122,083 and Androscoggin County with 107,679 inhabitants.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Androscoggin County	107,569	107,679	0.1	5	5
Aroostook County	67,595	67,111	-0.7	6	6
Cumberland County	292,344	293,557	0.4	1	1
Franklin County	29,852	29,897	0.2	15	15
Hancock County	54,597	54,811	0.4	8	8
Kennebec County	121,929	122,083	0.1	4	4
Knox County	39,869	39,771	-0.2	10	10
Lincoln County	34,190	34,342	0.4	13	13
Oxford County	57,430	57,618	0.3	7	7
Penobscot County	151,190	151,096	-0.1	3	3
Piscataquis County	16,801	16,800	0	16	16
Sagadahoc County	35,423	35,634	0.6	12	12
Somerset County	50,421	50,592	0.3	9	9
Waldo County	39,800	39,694	-0.3	11	11
Washington County	31,540	31,490	-0.2	14	14
York County	204,513	206,229	0.8	2	2