Portland, Maine Demographics

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 19 other cities in Current population (2012)

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 19 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 19 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Foreign born residents

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Households

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Housing units

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Race - Two or More

Portland is 1st in Maine out of 29 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	66,214	1st	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	21.3	13th	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3,106.5	1st	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	15th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.1%	26th	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.6%	28th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.1%	11th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	44.2%	5th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	85.0%	29th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.1%	2nd	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	12th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.5%	2nd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	16th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	1st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1st	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.6%	29th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	51.2%	28th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.7%	1st	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	33,836	1st	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	55.3%	1st	19.3%	25.9%
Households	31,126	1st	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	44.5%	28th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$244,200	3rd	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.1	26th	2.3	2.6

Income Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$29,200	4th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$45,153	14th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.1%	8th	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Portland	Rank	Maine	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,790	1st	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,321,816	2nd	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,911	12th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$245,987	1st	$2,515,827	$613,795,732