By the Numbers

Maine’s aging population

1,274,923: Maine’s population in 2000

1,257,134: Maine’s projected population in 2010

301,238: Mainers under 18 in 2000

269,232: Mainers under 18 in 2010, projected

183,402: Mainers over 65 in 2000

212,278: Mainers over 65 in 2010, projected

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, www.census.gov