Maine’s median household income ranks 34th among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to census data.
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Is Boise, Idaho, more racially diverse than Portland? | Fact brief
Maine ranked last nationally for racial and ethnic diversity, according to 2020 census data.
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Has every state seen a decline in its share of children since a generation ago? | Fact brief
The portion of Maine’s population that’s 18 or younger fell from 23.6% to 18.6% between 2000 and 2020, according to an analysis of census data.
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Does Maine have the nation’s highest rate of French ancestry? | Fact brief
About 6.3 million Americans, or roughly 1.9% of the nation’s population, told the U.S. Census Bureau that they have French ancestry.
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Do more than 10,000 Maine children lack health insurance? | Fact brief
Maine has the highest rate of uninsured children in New England, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Did a court ruling make half of Maine eligible for Canadian citizenship? | Fact brief
About 6.8% of Maine’s population identifies as having Canadian or French Canadian ancestry.
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‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff’: Analysts alarmed by threats to U.S. data gathering
They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves.
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Maine’s population growth outpaces national average
The U.S. Census estimates for 2022 show the state’s population increased by 13,000 people from the prior year, but Maine’s population also continues to age faster than other states.
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Androscoggin County population shrinks by 5 people while most Maine counties have grown thanks to in-migration
New census figures for April 2020 to July 2021 show growth in 14 of 16 counties, driven by in-migration that was strong enough to offset a natural decrease in population.
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2020 Census undercounted Latinos, Blacks and Native Americans, bureau estimates show
While the census generally overcounts whites and undercounts minorities, the discrepancies were higher in 2020 than in 2010.