Facts
- Population
- 220,143 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.9 %
- Net migration
- 2,593 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0 % (2025)
- State
- Maine
- Population base, April 2020
- 211,965 (2020)
- Births
- 1,774 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Deaths
- 2,360 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -586
- International migration
- 484 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,109 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.8
- Postal code
- ME
- FIPS code
- 23031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0 % |
| 2024 | 2.7 % |
| 2023 | 2.4 % |
| 2022 | 2.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.5 % |
| 2020 | 4.9 % |
| 2019 | 2.6 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.0 % |
| 2016 | 3.4 % |
| 2015 | 3.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 220,143 |
| 2023 | 219,117 |
| 2022 | 217,084 |
| 2021 | 215,050 |
| 2020 | 212,263 |