Scores by category

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

Safety91#271/3,096
Economy97#99/3,143
Housing12#2,753/3,140
Health84#489/3,144
Healthcare99#27/3,143
Environment69#951/3,108
Education99#23/3,144
Infrastructure99#39/3,144
Community94#200/3,144
Leisure & amenities97#101/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

High school diploma or higher · high96.8%
100/100Maine 94.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Homicide rate · low1.2 /100k
99/100Maine 0.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Food insecurity · low8.5%
99/100Maine 11.5%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care physicians · high168 /100k
99/100Maine 107 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Physical inactivity · low16.1%
99/100Maine 23.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Some college · high82.1%
99/100Maine 70.2%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high45.6%
5/100Maine 36.0%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · high4.7×
11/100Maine 4.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drought exposure · high84%
11/100Maine 75%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
High ozone days · high2 days
12/100Maine 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high186 min
16/100Maine 166 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Depression · high26.7%
18/100Maine 28.4%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
7% (2021) → 84% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+77 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysWorsening
1 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
+100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
32.8% (Dec 2021) → 45.6% (Aug 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
72.7% (2010 & 2021) → 85.2% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Firearm deathsWorsening
7.8 /100k (2021) → 11.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+49%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
32.7 /100k (2021) → 19.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, Cumberland County, Maine improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 14 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Gyms+36%2.0 /10k → 2.8 /10k
Bachelor's++5.4 points47.6% → 53.0%
Uninsured−2.2 points7.8% → 5.6%
Arts & recreation+18%8.8 /10k → 10.3 /10k
Real income+35%$65,364 → $88,498

Declined4

Firearm deaths+61%7.2 /100k → 11.6 /100k
Price / income+0.9×3.8× → 4.7×
Transit use−0.4 points1.3% → 0.9%
Rent / income+1.2 points28.8% → 30.0%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Cumberland County, Maine between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.8 /10k2020	10.3 /10k2025	+18%	Improved	69%
Average commute time	23.1 min2015-2019	23.2 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Average weekly wage	$1,1602020	$1,4272025	+23%	Improved	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%2015-2019	53.0%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	87.2%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Improved	13%
Child poverty rate	9.2%2019	7.9%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Distance to an airport	10 mi2020	10 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	28.0 /100k2020	19.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−32%	Improved	55%
Effective property tax rate	1.32%2015-2019	1.01%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	90%
Firearm deaths	7.2 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+61%	Declined	5%
Grocery stores	2.4 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−1.6%	Within the margin of error	47%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.0 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	+36%	Improved	81%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.7×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	12%
Homicide rate	0.8 /100k2020	1.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+50%	Within the margin of error	4%
Income adjusted for local prices	$65,3642019	$88,4982024	+35%	Improved	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4602020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$75,2542019	$93,9492024	+25%	Improved	50%
New business applications	10.8 /1k2020	11.9 /1k2025	+9.6%	Improved	13%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	81%
Poverty rate	7.8%2019	8.0%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Property crime rate	1,029 /100k2020	902 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	18%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−3.2%	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Declined	35%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Declined	37%
Rent-burdened households	46.3%2015-2019	49.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Restaurants and bars	14.7 /10k2020	13.8 /10k2025	−6%	Within the margin of error	33%
Students per teacher	12.1×2019	11.0×2024	−1.1×	Improved	64%
Suicide rate	14.2 /100k2020	16.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Within the margin of error	30%
Traffic deaths	7.3 /100k2015-2019	6.8 /100k2020-2024	−7%	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	4.8%2020	2.7%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.8%2019	5.6%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	103 /100k2020	99 /100k2025	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Cumberland County, Maine five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cumberland County, 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, Cumberland County, Maine itself moved −1 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

308,827 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

308,827 residents

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

White86%264,256
Black3.4%10,499
Hispanic or Latino2.8%8,682

Education

227,438 residents (±100)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

No high school diploma3.2%7,306
High school or GED20%45,181
Some college15%35,113

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

132,168 households (±983)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Under $25k11%14,415
$25k–50k14%18,730
$50k–75k15%19,760
$75k–100k12%15,873
$100k–150k20%26,086
$150k–200k12%16,108
$200k or more16%21,196

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+7.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

132,168 households (±983)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Own70%92,265
Rent30%39,903

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

38,373 households (±1,293)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Under $75012%4,646
$750–1,0006.6%2,522
$1,000–1,50026%10,151

Home values

92,265 homes (±1,318)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Under $150k6.7%6,165
$150k–250k8.6%7,964
$250k–400k25%22,882

Age of homes

153,286 homes (±137)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

2010 or later10%15,523
2000–200912%17,885
1980–199923%35,770

Size of homes

153,286 homes (±137)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Studio2.7%4,199
1 bedroom13%20,222
2 bedrooms28%43,098

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

167,323 workers (±1,717)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Drive alone64%106,512
Carpool6.8%11,296
Public transit0.9%1,439
Walk5.0%8,405
Bike0.6%999
Work from home22%36,448
Other1.3%2,224

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+14.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

130,875 workers (±1,942)

Cumberland County, Maine
Maine share

Under 15 min32%42,347
15–29 min38%49,107
30–44 min18%23,792

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Portland-South Portland, ME

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.

Cumberland County has 12,242 employer establishments, 393 for every 10,000 residents (1.58× the US rate of 248; 1.27× Maine's), with 190,022 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,672. The Census Bureau also counts 33,880 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,242; 33,880 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 393; US 248 · Maine 309
Paid employees: 190,022
Average annual pay: $65,672; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	900	28.9	1.39×More than typical	13,447	$88,010	1,955
Specialty trade contractors	864	27.7	1.79×More than typical	6,046	$69,283	2,363
Restaurants and other eating places	838	26.9	1.46×More than typical	13,516	$31,470	117
Lessors of real estate	724	23.2	1.89×More than typical	3,179	$63,168	4,503
Construction of buildings	444	14.2	1.88×More than typical	2,229	$80,154	1,019
Services to buildings and dwellings	443	14.2	2.11×More than typical	2,590	$43,289	1,543
Full-service restaurants	411	13.2	1.72×More than typical	8,061	$35,181	42
Offices of other health practitioners	391	12.5	2.06×More than typical	1,805	$50,407	1,317
Building equipment contractors	368	11.8	1.96×More than typical	3,089	$72,084	423
Real estate agents and brokers	350	11.2	2.31×More than typical	464	$78,843	846
Management, scientific and technical consulting	333	10.7	1.59×More than typical	2,197	$105,449	1,747
Limited-service restaurants	263	8.4	1.05×About typical	3,609	$27,226	56

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 311,645 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 $461.5M on contracts performed in Cumberland County, Maine: $1,455 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $461.5M; −3.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,455; US $1,995
Sole-source: 95%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.6%; 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

Defense Health Agency$433.5M94%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.5M1.6%
Forest Service$4.1M0.9%
Department of the Navy$3.3M0.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$2.9M0.6%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1.5M0.3%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.3M0.3%
Department of Energy$1.3M0.3%

Top recipients

MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC$433.5M94%
WEX INC.$4.7M1.0%
NATIVE MAINE OPERATIONS, INC.$3M0.7%
MCNEAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.$1.7M0.4%
SYSCO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.$1.7M0.4%

Spending by fiscal year

378.4MFY2017
386.3MFY2018
384.2MFY2019
401.8MFY2020
453MFY2021
465.7MFY2022
488.4MFY2023
516.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$433.5M94%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$4.8M1.0%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$4.7M1.0%
Utility system construction · 2371$2.3M0.5%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$2.3M0.5%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.4M

Largest awards

MANAGED HEALTH CARE PLAN SERVICES FROM A DESIGNATED PROVIDER$1.3B
MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC· Cumberland County, ME· Health & medical· Sep 27, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026· HT940223C0007
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR(CMC) HVAC AND FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT, GIGNOUX COURT HOUSE, PORTLAND, ME$40.9M
CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Cumberland County, ME· Construction & real property· Mar 20, 2023 – Sep 8, 2026· 47PB0023C0008
ACQUIRE VEHICLE TELEMATICS HARDWARE AND MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO PROVIDE GPS LOCATION, VEHICLE PERFORMANCE, EXCEPTION S, AND REAL TIME AUDIBLE S.$20.2M
WEX INC.· Cumberland County, ME· IT & telecom· Jun 5, 2023 – Sep 23, 2026· 12318723F0295

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 $3.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cumberland County, Maine: $9,805 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.1B; −6.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,805; US $12,957
Loan face value: $85.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.5B48%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$412.7M13%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$263M8.5%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$201.6M6.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$141.9M4.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$133.1M4.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$97.3M3.1%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$81M2.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$68.4M2.2%
AUGUSTA, ME
PORTLAND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$39.8M1.3%
PORTLAND, ME
MAINEHEALTH$19.6M0.6%
PORTLAND, ME
FIFTH & 106TH STREET ASSOCIATES LP$18.2M0.6%
PORTLAND, ME
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$16.8M

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$1.7B56%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$756.8M24%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$190.9M6.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$164.8M5.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

2.6BFY2021
2.6BFY2022
2.8BFY2023
3BFY2024
3.3BFY2025
3.1BFY2026

County aggregates

86%

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.

How Cumberland County, Maine compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Cumberland County, Maine
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2017	$1,293	$1,436
FY2018	$1,312	$1,552
FY2019	$1,298	$1,654
FY2020	$1,324	$1,880
FY2021	$1,480	$1,810
FY2022	$1,504	$1,917
FY2023	$1,567	$2,079
FY2024	$1,642	$2,047
FY2025	$1,514	$2,165
FY2026	$1,455 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2017	$34.25	$93.28
FY2018	$15.24	$105
FY2019	$18.52	$128
FY2020	$14.85	$145
FY2021	$63.46	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$2,155	$5,748
FY2022	$2,010	$5,221
FY2023	$2,095	$5,364
FY2024	$2,392	$5,501
FY2025	$2,034	$5,732
FY2026	$1,870

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$213	$298
FY2022	$230	$357
FY2023	$107	$301
FY2024	$224	$319
FY2025	$248	$360
FY2026	$253

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$850	$239
FY2022	$809	$185
FY2023	$923	$229
FY2024	$1,049	$229
FY2025	$991	$249
FY2026	$868

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$138	$2,304
FY2022	$90.29	$2,197
FY2023	$102	$2,274
FY2024	$167	$2,267
FY2025	$117	$2,397
FY2026	$118

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$1,407	$1,186
FY2022	$517	$465
FY2023	$54.84	$76.52
FY2024	$121	$120
FY2025	$342	$148
FY2026	$88.02

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.

Cumberland County, Maine
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cumberland County, Maine and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/23005

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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.

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

House

Chellie PingreeD-ME-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 4.4%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Cumberland County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Portland-South Portland, ME97Central county

Cities and towns in Cumberland County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cumberland County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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/23005

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	−5.9%	−4.2%
2015	−2.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.2%	+6.8%
2019	+10.8%	+10.5%
2020	+23.5%	+19.4%
2021	+30.2%	+26.1%
2022	+36.5%	+30.6%
2023	+40.9%	+35.0%
2024	+46.1%	+41.0%
2025	+52.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	−8.4%	−5.5%
2015	−3.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+4.1%
2018	+9.8%	+8.9%
2019	+15.7%	+13.5%
2020	+24.3%	+20.8%
2021	+37.7%	+32.1%
2022	+44.0%	+35.4%
2023	+55.2%	+42.9%
2024	+63.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	3.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	−6.2%	−6.9%
2015	−3.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.9%	+4.7%
2018	+9.3%	+7.5%
2019	+14.9%	+14.0%
2020	+15.2%	+16.9%
2021	+22.9%	+21.0%
2022	+35.3%	+29.7%
2023	+47.0%	+34.9%
2024	+43.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	−11.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+58.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+75.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+90.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+95.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+95.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	4.4%	6.2%
2015	3.5%	5.3%
2016	2.9%	4.9%
2017	2.6%	4.4%
2018	2.5%	3.9%
2019	2.2%	3.7%
2020	4.8%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	2.3%	3.7%
2023	2.1%	3.6%
2024	2.4%	4.0%
2025	2.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	10.8%	15.5%
2015	10.7%	14.7%
2016	10.0%	14.0%
2017	8.1%	13.4%
2018	8.2%	13.1%
2019	7.8%	12.3%
2020	8.6%	11.9%
2021	7.7%	12.8%
2022	6.6%	12.6%
2023	6.9%	12.5%
2024	8.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2015	−4.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+51.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+54.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+62.3% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+67.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	10.4%	13.5%
2015	9.1%	10.9%
2016	7.8%	10.0%
2017	9.2%	10.2%
2018	8.4%	10.4%
2019	7.8%	10.8%
2020	7.5%	10.4%
2021	5.8%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	6.2%	9.5%
2024	5.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cumberland County, Maine	United States
2014	7.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	15.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	11.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.9/1k	16.6/1k

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