Maine statistical areas
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The U.S. State of Maine currently has five statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated one combined statistical area, three metropolitan statistical areas, and one micropolitan statistical area in Maine.[1] As of 2025, the largest of these is the Portland–Lewiston–South Portland, ME CSA, comprising the region around Maine's largest city of Portland.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Statistical areas
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides a CBSA based on population into a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) for those with at least 50,000 people or a micropolitan statistical area (μSA) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent CBSAs where the employment interchange rate (percent commuting from A to B plus percent commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] A primary statistical area (PSA) includes all CSAs and any CBSA that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
| Combined statistical area[1] | 2025 population (est.)[3] | Core-based statistical area[1] | 2025 population (est.)[3] | County | 2025 population (est.)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland–Lewiston–South Portland, ME CSA | 694,122 | Portland–South Portland, ME MSA | 577,635 | Cumberland County, Maine | 317,222 |
| York County, Maine | 222,434 | ||||
| Sagadahoc County, Maine | 37,979 | ||||
| Lewiston–Auburn, ME MSA | 116,487 | Androscoggin County, Maine | 116,487 | ||
| none | Bangor, ME MSA | 157,967 | Penobscot County, Maine | 157,967 | |
| Augusta–Waterville, ME μSA | 129,607 | Kennebec County, Maine | 129,607 | ||
| none | Aroostook County, Maine | 66,609 | |||
| Oxford County, Maine | 60,346 | ||||
| Hancock County, Maine | 57,171 | ||||
| Somerset County, Maine | 51,620 | ||||
| Knox County, Maine | 41,117 | ||||
| Waldo County, Maine | 40,693 | ||||
| Lincoln County, Maine | 36,595 | ||||
| Washington County, Maine | 31,334 | ||||
| Franklin County, Maine | 30,824 | ||||
| Piscataquis County, Maine | 17,409 | ||||
| State of Maine | 1,414,874 | ||||
| 2025 rank | Core-based statistical area[1] | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 estimate[3] | Change | 2020 Census[4] | Change | 2010 Census[5] | ||
| 1 | Portland–South Portland, ME MSA | 577,635 | +4.69% | 551,740 | +7.32% | 514,098 |
| 2 | Bangor, ME MSA | 157,967 | +3.79% | 152,199 | −1.12% | 153,923 |
| 3 | Augusta–Waterville, ME μSA | 129,607 | +4.82% | 123,642 | +1.22% | 122,151 |
| 4 | Lewiston–Auburn, ME MSA | 116,487 | +4.81% | 111,139 | +3.19% | 107,702 |
| 2025 rank | Combined statistical area[1] | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 estimate[3] | Change | 2020 Census[4] | Change | 2010 Census[5] | ||
| 1 | Portland–Lewiston–South Portland, ME CSA | 694,122 | +4.71% | 662,879 | +6.61% | 621,800 |
