The One Minute Geographer: Maine’s Population Problem

Portland Head Lighthouse, photo by Keith Luke @ lukephotography on unsplash.com

We talked about the size of Maine in terms of area, but not too much yet about its population. Maine 2020’s population of 1,360,000 is small but not tiny — it ranks 42nd, so eight states have fewer people. Yet, to give you an idea of that size, consider that a lot of medium-sized metropolitan areas also have about that many people — places like Memphis TN, Richmond VA and Raleigh NC.