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Cumberland County (Southeast)--Portland, South Portland & Westbrook Cities PUMA, ME

120,071 Population
52.2 square miles 2,299.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,063 ±$4,410 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,936 ±$819
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$83,347 ±$5,561 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $73,733 ±$1,699
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.5% ±1.7% (8,837  ±2,057) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.4% 140,460 (±0.6% / ±8,588)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.9 minutes ±0.8 (1,082,575  ±86,312) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.3 14,475,335 (±0.4 / ±345,306)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

57,217 ±2,465 Number of households
  • Maine: 616,085 ±5,376
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0.1 (117,283  ±4,111) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,354,209
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.3% ±2.2% (1,836  ±778) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.3% † 12,708 (±0.6% / ±1,842)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

62,657 ±2,624 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 757,424 ±1,338
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$468,100 ±$15,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $310,700 ±$6,249
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.6% ±2.3% (16,086  ±2,800.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 147,375 (±0.7% / ±8,990.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.8% ±4% (85,270  ±4,732.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.9% 986,553 (±1.4% / ±14,190.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
54.6% ±3.3% (48,126  ±3,450.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 37% 384,543 (±0.9% / ±9,019.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

11.8% ±1.2% (13,049  ±1,294.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about double the rate in Maine: 6% 78,476 (±0.2% / ±1,970.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

9.1% ±1.8% (10,912  ±2,147) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 3.8% 53,448
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.6% ±0.9% (3,584  ±856) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8% 91,492 (±0.4% / ±4,343)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,584 Total veterans ±856 3,163 Male ±842 421 Female ±290

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