Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety92#5/51
Economy50#26/51
Housing50#26/51
Health34#34/51
Healthcare76#13/51
Environment77#12/49
Education84#9/51
Infrastructure28#37/51
Community64#19/51
Leisure & amenities86#8/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Maine ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low93 /100k
100/100United States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homicide rate · low0.9 /100k
100/100United States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Hot days · low2 days
100/100United States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · high94.8%
98/100United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Students per teacher · low11.2×
98/100United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
98/100United States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.2%
0/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
New business applications · low10.0 /1k
2/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Depression · high28.4%
4/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · low66.5%
8/100United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · high8.6 mi
8/100United States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high20.4%
8/100United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
18% (2021) → 75% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+57 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Hot daysWorsening
1 days (2011-2020) → 2 days (2016-2025)
+79%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
56.6% (2010 & 2021) → 66.5% (2022 & 2024)
+9.9 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
42.9 /100k (2021) → 24.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.1% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Homicide rateImproving
1.5 /100k (2021) → 0.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−40%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Maine improved on 12 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 13 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Bachelor's++4.4 points31.8% → 36.2%
Uninsured−3 points10.2% → 7.2%
Weekly wage+27%$999 → $1,265
High school++2.1 points92.6% → 94.8%
Household income+30%$58,824 → $76,372

Declined3

Price / income+0.7×3.3× → 4.0×
Rent burden+1.9 points46.5% → 48.4%
Rent / income+0.6 points28.8% → 29.4%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Maine between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.9 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+4.7%	Within the margin of error	7%
Average commute time	24.2 min2015-2019	24.6 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Average weekly wage	$9992020	$1,2652025	+27%	Improved	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%2015-2019	36.2%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	82.1%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	50%
Child poverty rate	13.8%2019	12.3%2024	−1.5 points	Improved	63%
Distance to an airport	62 mi2020	62 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	34.0 /100k2020	24.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−27%	Improved	48%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	89%
Firearm deaths	11.2 /100k2020	12.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+15%	Within the margin of error	5%
Grocery stores	2.5 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−7%	Within the margin of error	7%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Improved	75%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	36%
Homicide rate	1.5 /100k2020	0.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−40%	Within the margin of error	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,2802019	$71,0272024	+36%	Improved	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$58,8242019	$76,3722024	+30%	Improved	87%
New business applications	7.8 /1k2020	10.0 /1k2025	+29%	Improved	44%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	10.9%2019	10.6%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Public libraries	1.9 /10k2019	1.9 /10k2024	−3.4%	Within the margin of error	50%
Public transit commuters	0.6%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	87%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Declined	49%
Rent-burdened households	46.5%2015-2019	48.4%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	34%
Restaurants and bars	11.4 /10k2020	10.8 /10k2025	−5.5%	Within the margin of error	11%
Students per teacher	12.3×2019	11.2×2024	−1.1×	Improved	74%
Suicide rate	17.1 /100k2020	18.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+8.8%	Within the margin of error	27%
Traffic deaths	11.7 /100k2015-2019	11.7 /100k2020-2024	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	5.1%2020	3.4%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2019	7.2%2024	−3 points	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Maine five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Maine in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Maine itself moved +0 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,387,817 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

597,159 households (±2,532)

Maine
United States share

Under $25k15%89,805
$25k–50k18%109,614
$50k–75k17%100,241

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

597,159 households (±2,532)

Maine
United States share

Own74%443,573
Rent26%153,586

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.0 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

679,677 workers (±3,951)

Maine
United States share

Drive alone71%481,348
Carpool7.9%53,511
Public transit0.5%3,157

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Maine employ 142,250 people. 6 pay a median above the US median and 4 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Maine by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides18,630 jobs	18,630	$38,580US $35,800	+8%	1.05×
Retail Salespersons18,450 jobs	18,450

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Maine has 43,345 employer establishments, 309 for every 10,000 residents (1.25× the US rate of 248), with 548,469 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,501. The Census Bureau also counts 130,647 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 43,345; 130,647 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 309; US 248
Paid employees: 548,469
Average annual pay: $58,501; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Maine by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	3,712	26.5	1.71×More than typical	20,418	$66,415	12,775
Restaurants and other eating places	3,025	21.6	1.17×About typical	40,735	$30,300	420
Ambulatory health care services	2,693	19.2	0.92×About typical	34,864	$74,100	6,027
Lessors of real estate	1,923	13.7	1.11×About typical	6,329	$55,115	14,012
Construction of buildings	1,847	13.2	1.74×More than typical	7,385	$62,482	5,782
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,533	10.9	1.62×More than typical	8,420	$42,560	8,445
Building equipment contractors	1,479	10.5	1.75×More than typical	9,195	$65,745	2,287
Full-service restaurants	1,446	10.3	1.34×More than typical	22,469	$34,924	160
Offices of other health practitioners	1,036	7.4	1.22×About typical	4,944	$50,994	3,797
Limited-service restaurants	1,016	7.2	0.90×About typical	12,872	$25,252	180
Landscaping services	964	6.9	1.96×More than typical	3,914	$56,230	3,033
Automotive repair and maintenance	957	6.8	1.36×More than typical	4,043	$48,250	1,656

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,401,992 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3B on contracts performed in Maine: $2,142 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $3B; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,142; US $1,995
Sole-source: 25%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$2.3B77%
Defense Health Agency$433.6M14%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$68.8M2.3%
Department of the Army$42.9M1.4%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$28.5M0.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs$25.1M0.8%
Agricultural Marketing Service$22M0.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$21.5M0.7%

Top recipients

BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION$2.1B70%
MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC$433.5M14%
381 CONSTRUCTORS$65.9M2.2%
CIANBRO HARKINS JOINT VENTURE, LLC$59.8M2.0%
MOHAWK NORTHEAST INC$24.4M0.8%

Spending by fiscal year

2.8BFY2017
1.3BFY2018
3.3BFY2019
2.8BFY2020
2.4BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
3.7BFY2023
3.7B

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$2.1B70%
Insurance carriers · 5241$433.4M14%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$114.9M3.8%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$100.9M3.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$41.4M1.4%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$27.7M

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION OF DDG 51 SHIPS FY23-27$6.9B
BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION· Sagadahoc County, ME· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 1, 2023 – Jun 10, 2026· N0002423C2305
FY18-FY22 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION$5.5B
BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION· Sagadahoc County, ME· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 27, 2018 – Jun 12, 2026· N0002418C2305
FY13-FY17 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION.$5B
BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION· Sagadahoc County, ME· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 6, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· N0002413C2305
DDG 1000 DETAIL DESIGN

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $18B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Maine: $12,712 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $18B; −0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,712; US $12,957
Loan face value: $544.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$6.7B37%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$3.8B21%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1B5.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$892.5M5.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$525.9M2.9%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$412.7M2.3%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$308M1.7%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$263M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF$4.7B26%
AUGUSTA, ME
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$713.4M4.0%
AUGUSTA, ME
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$249.2M1.4%
AUGUSTA, ME
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MAINE$160.6M0.9%
AUGUSTA, ME
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$8.4B47%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$4.9B27%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.2B6.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$662.3M3.7%
Department of Transportation
Food and Nutrition Service

Assistance by fiscal year

17.1BFY2021
15.2BFY2022
16.4BFY2023
17.4BFY2024
18.1BFY2025
18BFY2026

County aggregates

58%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Maine, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Maine
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2017	$2,083	$1,436
FY2018	$1,007	$1,552
FY2019	$2,446	$1,654
FY2020	$2,087	$1,880
FY2021	$1,754	$1,810
FY2022	$1,974	$1,917
FY2023	$2,652	$2,079
FY2024	$2,617	$2,047
FY2025	$2,776	$2,165
FY2026	$2,142 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2017	$129	$93.28
FY2018	$170	$105
FY2019	$198	$128
FY2020	$275	$145
FY2021	$300	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2021	$6,052	$5,748
FY2022	$5,868	$5,221
FY2023	$6,732	$5,364
FY2024	$7,270	$5,501
FY2025	$7,217	$5,732
FY2026	$6,762

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2021	$382	$298
FY2022	$353	$357
FY2023	$339	$301
FY2024	$481	$319
FY2025	$500	$360
FY2026	$620 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2021	$395	$239
FY2022	$342	$185
FY2023	$456	$229
FY2024	$487	$229
FY2025	$419	$249
FY2026	$362 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2021	$2,608	$2,304
FY2022	$2,634	$2,197
FY2023	$2,746	$2,274
FY2024	$2,863	$2,267
FY2025	$2,972	$2,397
FY2026	$3,366 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maine	United States
FY2021	$959	$1,186
FY2022	$296	$465
FY2023	$44.63	$76.52
FY2024	$94.12	$120
FY2025	$148	$148
FY2026	$93.80 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Maine
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Maine and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	0.7%	2.0%
2015	0.9%	2.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Maine whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Washington County, MEHHS grants · FY2024$690 (2.6×)
Oxford County, MEHHS grants · FY2024$412 (7.6×)
Oxford County, MEHousing assistance · FY2024$252 (2.2×)
Hancock County, MEFederal contracts · FY2023$1,274 (3.8×)
Hancock County, MEConstruction contracts · FY2023$835 (4.3×)
Piscataquis County, ME

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/23

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Maine is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Maine

All 16 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Maine

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Maine, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Maine

By population.

All 155 cities and towns in Maine

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

New Hampshire100

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/23

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.1%	+3.3%
2018	+6.5%	+6.8%
2019	+10.7%	+10.5%
2020	+22.0%	+19.4%
2021	+28.3%	+26.1%
2022	+36.5%	+30.6%
2023	+41.6%	+35.0%
2024	+48.5%	+41.0%
2025	+54.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	−7.0%	−5.5%
2015	−2.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+13.0%	+13.5%
2020	+22.8%	+20.8%
2021	+34.2%	+32.1%
2022	+39.3%	+35.4%
2023	+48.0%	+42.9%
2024	+55.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	−6.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.7%
2018	+5.0%	+7.5%
2019	+11.1%	+14.0%
2020	+11.8%	+16.9%
2021	+22.5%	+21.0%
2022	+31.3%	+29.7%
2023	+38.8%	+34.9%
2024	+44.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	−9.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+37.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+61.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+78.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+93.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+100.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+100.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	5.6%	6.2%
2015	4.4%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	3.2%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	5.1%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	2.8%	3.7%
2023	2.6%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	14.0%	15.5%
2015	13.2%	14.7%
2016	12.3%	14.0%
2017	11.3%	13.4%
2018	11.6%	13.1%
2019	10.9%	12.3%
2020	10.6%	11.9%
2021	11.2%	12.8%
2022	10.9%	12.6%
2023	10.5%	12.5%
2024	10.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	12.4%	13.5%
2015	10.3%	10.9%
2016	10.1%	10.0%
2017	10.2%	10.2%
2018	10.2%	10.4%
2019	10.2%	10.8%
2020	9.3%	10.4%
2021	7.3%	10.2%
2022	8.4%	9.5%
2023	7.8%	9.5%
2024	7.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Maine	United States
2014	5.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.0/1k	16.6/1k

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