Facts
- Population
- 313,809 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.5 %
- Net migration
- 2,183 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7 % (2025)
- State
- Maine
- Population base, April 2020
- 303,080 (2020)
- Births
- 2,904 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Deaths
- 3,064 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -160
- International migration
- 1,966 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 217 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.0
- Postal code
- ME
- FIPS code
- 23005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.7 % |
| 2024 | 2.4 % |
| 2023 | 2.1 % |
| 2022 | 2.3 % |
| 2021 | 3.9 % |
| 2020 | 4.8 % |
| 2019 | 2.2 % |
| 2018 | 2.5 % |
| 2017 | 2.6 % |
| 2016 | 2.9 % |
| 2015 | 3.5 % |
| 2014 | 4.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 313,809 |
| 2023 | 311,258 |
| 2022 | 309,309 |
| 2021 | 306,152 |
| 2020 | 303,606 |