State · Maine

Every city in Maine.

All 23 incorporated places in Maine, ranked by 2024 population. Portland is the largest with 69,568 residents.

Source U.S. Census · PEP
Vintage V2024
Reference 2024-07-01
Geography Maine · cities reported under PEP
Coverage 23 cities
Last build 2026-05-11

All cities in Maine, sorted by 2024 population.
Rank	City	2024 pop	2020 base	4-yr Δ	4-yr Δ %
#1	Portland	69,568	68,409	1,159	+1.7%
#2	Lewiston	38,772	37,124	1,648	+4.4%
#3	Bangor	32,446	31,740	706	+2.2%
#4	South Portland	26,994	26,500	494	+1.9%
#5	Auburn	25,200	24,067	1,133	+4.7%
#6	Sanford	22,497	21,976	521	+2.4%
#7	Biddeford	22,370	22,549	-179	-0.8%
#8	Westbrook	21,386	20,405	981	+4.8%
#9	Saco	21,064	20,379	685	+3.4%
#10	Augusta	19,168	18,907	261	+1.4%
#11	Waterville	17,336	16,682	654	+3.9%
#12	Brewer	9,629	9,680	-51	-0.5%
#13	Ellsworth	8,822	8,396	426	+5.1%
#14	Bath	8,817	8,768	49	+0.6%
#15	Presque Isle	8,728	8,785	-57	-0.6%
#16	Old Town	7,511	7,438	73	+1.0%
#17	Caribou	7,328	7,393	-65	-0.9%
#18	Rockland	7,060	6,942	118	+1.7%
#19	Belfast	6,993	6,941	52	+0.7%
#20	Gardiner	6,160	5,959	201	+3.4%
#21	Calais	3,105	3,082	23	+0.7%
#22	Hallowell	2,619	2,562	57	+2.2%
#23	Eastport	1,292	1,284	8	+0.6%

All 23 cities in Maine.

Methodology · what counts as a city

Maine cities follow the V1 universe.

Maine cities follow the same V1 universe: incorporated places, consolidated city-county governments where applicable, and Washington DC where applicable. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded, with one named national exception — Urban Honolulu (Honolulu only). State ranks are standard competition ranking (“1224”) within Maine: tied cities share the lower rank and the next rank is skipped. Ranks are pre-computed in the dataset (state_rank_pop_2024).

Note: Maine is an MCD (minor civil division) state. Many residents live in towns and townships, which PEP does not estimate annually. This page lists only the incorporated places PEP covers — the small city count reflects that governance structure, not a data gap. See the full methodology for details.

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