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

118,251 Population
52.2 square miles 2,264.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.4 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

$51,519 ±$3,189 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $45,286 ±$929
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,846 ±$4,294 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $76,442 ±$1,354
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.2% ±2.3% (11,834  ±2,743) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 144,428 (±0.6% / ±7,531)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.5 minutes ±1.5 (1,157,880  ±125,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 25.6 15,320,260 (±0.6 / ±437,300)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

56,143 ±2,243 Number of households
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (115,465  ±3,521) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,362,395
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±2.7% (1,532  ±907) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 11,443 (±0.7% / ±2,009)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,879 ±2,348 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$499,200 ±$26,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $341,900 ±$4,987
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.9% ±3.2% (19,812  ±3,753.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.3% 143,294 (±0.7% / ±9,144.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96% ±4.3% (87,664  ±5,081.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 994,955 (±1.4% / ±15,133.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
55.7% ±3.6% (50,907  ±3,791.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 37.1% 389,612 (±1% / ±10,059.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

12.2% ±1.2% (13,590  ±1,324.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about double the rate in Maine: 6% 80,043 (±0.2% / ±2,746.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

13.9% ±2.8% (16,434  ±3,342) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.3% ±0.7% (3,395  ±751) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 7.6% 87,817 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,395 Total veterans ±751 2,788 Male ±701 607 Female ±319

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