Facts
- Population
- 156,840 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.0 %
- Net migration
- 2,141 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- Maine
- Population base, April 2020
- 152,199 (2020)
- Births
- 1,333 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.5
- Deaths
- 1,985 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -652
- International migration
- 494 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,647 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 13.7
- Postal code
- ME
- FIPS code
- 23019
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.2 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 4.9 % |
| 2020 | 5.1 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 4.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 156,840 |
| 2023 | 156,329 |
| 2022 | 154,817 |
| 2021 | 153,383 |
| 2020 | 152,179 |