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Welcome to Maine
 Introduction
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States known as “The Pine Tree State.” To the south and east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north and northeast is New Brunswick, a province of Canada. Maine’s per capita personal income for 2003 was $29,164. Maine's agricultural outputs include poultry, eggs, dairy products, cattle, wild blueberries, apples, and maple sugar. Aroostook County is known for its potato crops. Maine's industrial outputs consist chiefly of paper, lumber and wood products, electronic equipment, leather products, food products, textiles, and bio-technology.
 People
Total population (2007) 1,317,207
Total Births (2006) 13,885
Total Deaths (2006) 12,719
Total natural population increases (2006) 1,166
Total international migration (2006) 1,017
Total internal migration (2006) 927
Net migration (2006) 1,944
Total male population (2000) 620,309
Total female population (2000) 654,614
Total white population (2000) 1,236,014
Total black population (2000) 6,760
Total asian population (2000) 9,111
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 7,098
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 382
Hispanic population (2000) 9,360
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 973,685
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 949,142
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,182
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,816
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 6,392
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 277
Female median age (2000) 40
Male median age (2000) 38
Total number households (2000) 518,200
Average household size (2000) 2.39




 Geography
Capital Augusta
Largest City Portland
State's Total Area Ranking 39
Total Area 33 sq mi
Width 210 miles
Length 320 miles
Percent Water 0.14%
Latitude 43°4'N to 47°28'N
Longitude 66°57'W to 71°7'W
Highest Elevation Mount Katahdin 5,268 ft  (1,606 m)
Mean Elevation 591 ft
Lowest Elevation Atlantic Ocean 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $44,971,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 2.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $656,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $8,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $936,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $2,406,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $2,613,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $2,359,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $2,474,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $4,037,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $1,016,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $1,347,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $3,006,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $6,062,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $2,110,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $393,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,017,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $443,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $4,825,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $399,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,417,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,033,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $6,415,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $3,071,161
Total state tax per capita (2005) $2,323
Total employees state & local government (2005) 76,008
Firefighters (2005) 2,040
Government hospital employees (2005) 1,333
Government transit employees (2005) 103
Population with health insurance (2000) 1,159,493
Population without health insurance (2000) 109,981
 Other
State Flower White pine cone and tassel
State Bird Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)
Violent crime (2005) 1,483
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 112.2
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 19
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1.4
Forcible rape (2005) 326
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 24.7
Robbery (2005) 323
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 24.4
Aggravated assault (2005) 815
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 61.7
Property crime (2005) 31,889
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2413.1
Burglary (2005) 6,323
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 478.5
Larceny-theft (2005) 24,218
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1832.6
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 1,348
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 102.0
 City List (Population 2000)
Abbot Acton Addison
Albion Alfred Alna
Andover Anson (818) Ashland
Athens Auburn (23,203) Augusta (18,560)
Aurora Bailey Island Baileyville
Bangor (31,473) Bar Harbor (2,680) Bar Mills
Bass Harbor Bath (9,266) Beals
Belfast (6,381) Belgrade Lakes Belgrade
Benedicta Bernard Berwick (1,993)
Bethel Biddeford Pool Biddeford (20,942)
Bingham (856) Birch Harbor Blaine
Blue Hill Boothbay Harbor (1,237) Boothbay
Bowdoinham Bowdoin Bradford
Bradley Bremen Brewer (8,987)
Bridgewater Bridgton (2,359) Bristol
Brooklin Brooks Brooksville
Brookton Brownfield Brownville Junction
Brownville Brunswick (14,816) Bryant Pond
Buckfield Bucksport (2,970) Burlington
Burnham Bustins Island Buxton
Calais (3,447) Cambridge Camden (3,934)
Canaan Canton Cape Elizabeth
Cape Neddick (2,997) Cape Porpoise Caratunk
Caribou (8,312) Carmel Casco
Castine Center Lovell Chamberlain
Charleston Chebeague Island Cherryfield
China Village Clayton Lake Cliff Island
Clinton (1,305) Columbia Falls Coopers Mills
Corea Corinna Corinth
Cornish Cranberry Isles Crouseville
Cumberland Center (2,596) Cumberland Foreside Cushing
Cutler Damariscotta Danforth
Danville Deer Isle Denmark
Dennysville Detroit Dexter (2,201)
Dixfield (1,137) Dixmont Dover Foxcroft
Dresden Dryden Durham
Eagle Lake East Andover East Baldwin
East Blue Hill East Boothbay East Dixfield
East Livermore East Machias East Millinocket (1,701)
East Newport East Orland East Parsonsfield
East Poland East Vassalboro East Waterboro
East Wilton East Winthrop Easton
Eastport (1,640) Eddington Edgecomb
Eliot Ellsworth (6,456) Estcourt Station
Etna Eustis Exeter
Fairfield (2,569) Falmouth Farmingdale (1,935)
Farmington Falls Farmington (4,098) Fort Fairfield (1,600)
Fort Kent Mills Fort Kent (1,978) Frankfort
Franklin Freedom Freeport (1,813)
Frenchboro Frenchville Friendship
Fryeburg (1,549) Gardiner (6,198) Garland
Georgetown Glen Cove Gorham (4,164)
Gouldsboro Grand Isle Grand Lake Stream
Gray Greenbush Greene
Greenville Junction Greenville (1,319) Greenwood
Guilford (945) Hallowell (2,467) Hampden (4,126)
Hancock Hanover Harborside
Harmony Harpswell Harrington
Harrison Hartland (872) Hebron
Hinckley Hiram Holden
Hollis Center Hope Houlton (5,270)
Howland (1,210) Hudson Hulls Cove
Island Falls Isle Au Haut Isle Of Springs
Islesboro Islesford Jackman
Jay Jefferson Jonesboro
Jonesport Kenduskeag Kennebunk (4,804)
Kennebunkport (1,376) Kents Hill Kingfield
Kingman Kittery Point (1,135) Kittery (4,884)
Lagrange Lambert Lake Lebanon
Leeds Lee Levant
Lewiston (35,690) Liberty Limerick
Limestone (1,453) Limington Lincoln (2,933)
Lincolnville Center Lincolnville Lisbon Falls (4,420)
Lisbon Litchfield Little Deer Isle
Livermore Falls (1,626) Livermore Long Island
Lovell Lubec Machias (1,376)
Machiasport Madawaska (3,326) Madison (2,733)
Manchester Mapleton Mars Hill
Matinicus Mattawamkeag Mechanic Falls (2,450)
Meddybemps Medway Mexico (1,946)
Milbridge Milford (2,197) Millinocket (5,190)
Milo (1,898) Minot Monhegan
Monmouth Monroe Monson
Monticello Moody Morrill
Mount Desert Mount Vernon Naples
New Gloucester New Harbor New Limerick
New Portland New Sharon New Sweden
New Vineyard Newcastle Newfield
Newport (1,754) Newry Nobleboro
Norridgewock (1,557) North Anson North Berwick (1,580)
North Bridgton North Haven North Jay
North Monmouth North Turner North Vassalboro
North Waterboro North Waterford North Yarmouth
Northeast Harbor Norway (2,623) Oakfield
Oakland (2,758) Ocean Park Ogunquit
Olamon Old Orchard Beach (8,856) Old Town (8,130)
Oquossoc Orient Orland
Orono (8,253) Orrington Orrs Island
Owls Head Oxbow Oxford (1,300)
Palermo Palmyra Paris
Parsonsfield Passadumkeag Patten
Peaks Island Pemaquid Pembroke
Penobscot Perham Perry
Peru Phillips Phippsburg
Pittsfield (3,217) Plymouth Poland
Port Clyde Portage Porter
Portland (64,249) Pownal Presque Isle (9,511)
Princeton Prospect Harbor Randolph (1,911)
Rangeley Raymond Readfield
Richmond (1,864) Robbinston Rockland (7,609)
Rockport Rockwood Round Pond
Roxbury Rumford Center Rumford (4,795)
Sabattus Saco (16,822) Saint Agatha
Saint Albans Saint David Saint Francis
Salsbury Cove Sandy Point Sanford (10,133)
Sangerville Sargentville Scarborough (3,867)
Seal Cove Seal Harbor Searsmont
Searsport (1,102) Sebago Lake Sebago
Sebasco Estates Sebec Sedgwick
Shapleigh Shawmut Sheridan
Sherman Shirley Mills Sinclair
Skowhegan (6,696) Smithfield Smyrna Mills
Solon Sorrento South Berwick
South Bristol South Casco South China
South Freeport South Gardiner South Paris (2,237)
South Portland (23,324) South Thomaston South Windham
Southport Southwest Harbor Springfield
Springvale (3,488) Spruce Head Squirrel Island
Stacyville Standish Steep Falls
Stetson Steuben Stillwater
Stockholm Stockton Springs Stoneham
Stonington Stratton Strong
Sullivan Sumner Sunset
Surry Swans Island Temple
Tenants Harbor Thomaston (2,714) Thorndike
Topsfield Topsham (6,271) Trevett
Troy Turner Union
Unity (486) Van Buren (2,369) Vanceboro
Vassalboro Vienna Vinalhaven
Waite Waldoboro (1,291) Wallagrass
Walpole Warren Washburn
Washington Waterboro Waterford
Waterville (15,605) Wayne Weld
Wells Wesley West Baldwin
West Bethel West Boothbay Harbor West Enfield
West Farmington West Forks West Kennebunk (809)
West Minot West Newfield West Paris
West Poland West Rockport Westbrook (16,142)
Westfield Whitefield Whiting
Wilton (2,290) Windham Windsor
Winn Winter Harbor Winterport (1,307)
Winthrop (2,893) Wiscasset (1,203) Woolwich
Wytopitlock Yarmouth (3,560) York Beach
York Harbor (3,321) York