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Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area Demographics

Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area is the 104th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 551,708 residents across 2,081 square miles. That is about 265 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 551,708
Land area 2,081 sq mi
Density 265 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Cumberland County, ME 303,039 836.2 362
York County, ME 211,970 991.2 214
Sagadahoc County, ME 36,699 254.0 144

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