Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1790 | 96,540 |
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| 1800 | 151,719 | 57.2% | |
| 1810 | 228,705 | 50.7% | |
| 1820 | 298,335 | 30.4% | |
| 1830 | 399,455 | 33.9% | |
| 1840 | 501,793 | 25.6% | |
| 1850 | 583,169 | 16.2% | |
| 1860 | 628,279 | 7.7% | |
| 1870 | 626,915 | −0.2% | |
| 1880 | 648,936 | 3.5% | |
| 1890 | 661,086 | 1.9% | |
| 1900 | 694,466 | 5.0% | |
| 1910 | 742,371 | 6.9% | |
| 1920 | 768,014 | 3.5% | |
| 1930 | 797,423 | 3.8% | |
| 1940 | 847,226 | 6.2% | |
| 1950 | 913,774 | 7.9% | |
| 1960 | 969,265 | 6.1% | |
| 1970 | 992,048 | 2.4% | |
| 1980 | 1,124,660 | 13.4% | |
| 1990 | 1,227,928 | 9.2% | |
| 2000 | 1,274,923 | 3.8% | |
| 2010 | 1,328,361 | 4.2% | |
| Source: 1910-2010 | |||
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Maine was 1,328,188 on July 1, 2011, a -0.01% decrease since the 2010 United States Census.
As of 2008, Maine had an estimated population of 1,321,504, which is an increase of 6,520, or 0.5%, from the prior year and an increase of 46,582, or 3.7%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 6,413 people (that is 71,276 births minus 64,863 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 41,808 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 5,004 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 36,804 people. The population density of the state is 41.3 people per square mile, making it the least densely populated state in New England, the American northeast, the eastern seaboard, of all of the states with an Atlantic coastline and of all of the states east of the Mississippi River.
The mean population center of Maine is located in Kennebec County, just east of Augusta. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is the most densely populated with nearly 20% of Maine's population. As explained in detail under "Geography", there are large tracts of uninhabited land in some remote parts of the interior.
In 2009, Maine was one of three states to have lost population.
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