Portland-South Portland, ME

1950‑1959:		Portland, ME SMA
1959‑1983:		Portland, ME SMSA
1983‑2003:		Portland, ME MSA
2003‑2006:		Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metro Area in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Cumberland County, ME	169,201	182,751	192,528	215,789	243,135	265,612	274,194

Sagadahoc County, ME	20,911	22,793	23,452	28,795	33,535	35,214	36,734

York County, ME	93,541	99,402	111,576	139,666	164,587	186,742	202,064

Cape Elizabeth town, ME	3,816	5,505	7,873	7,838	8,854	9,068	8,922

Casco town, ME	881	947	1,256	2,243	3,018	3,469	3,649

Cumberland town, ME	2,030	2,765	4,096	5,284	5,836	7,159	7,656

Falmouth town, ME	4,342	5,976	6,291	6,853	7,610	10,310	10,601

Freeport town, ME	3,280	4,055	4,781	5,863	6,905	7,800	8,066

Gorham town, ME	4,742	5,767	7,839	10,101	11,856	14,141	15,300

Gray town, ME	1,631	2,184	2,939	4,344	5,904	6,820	7,376

Long Island town, ME	0	0	0	0	201	202	198

North Yarmouth town, ME	942	1,140	1,383	1,919	2,429	3,210	3,485

Portland city, ME	77,634	72,566	65,116	61,572	64,157	64,249	63,889

Raymond town, ME	620	732	1,328	2,251	3,311	4,299	4,578

Scarborough town, ME	4,600	6,418	7,845	11,347	12,518	16,970	18,897

South Portland city, ME	21,866	22,788	23,267	22,712	23,163	23,324	23,742

Standish town, ME	1,786	2,095	3,122	5,946	7,678	9,285	9,915

Westbrook city, ME	12,284	13,820	14,444	14,976	16,121	16,142	16,108

Windham town, ME	3,434	4,498	6,593	11,282	13,020	14,904	16,371

Yarmouth town, ME	2,669	3,517	4,854	6,585	7,862	8,360	8,257

Buxton town, ME	2,009	2,339	3,135	5,775	6,494	7,452	8,163

Hollis town, ME	1,214	1,195	1,560	2,892	3,573	4,114	4,556

Limington town, ME	851	839	1,066	2,203	2,796	3,403	3,678

Old Orchard Beach town, ME	4,707	4,580	5,404	6,291	7,789	8,856	9,350

Saco city, ME	10,324	10,515	11,678	12,921	15,181	16,822	18,230



Total	119,942	120,655	141,625	183,625	215,281	243,537	512,992
Percent Change	-	0.6%	17.4%	29.7%	17.2%	13.1%	110.6%



Total (as currently defined)	283,653	304,946	327,556	384,250	441,257	487,568	512,992
Percent Change	-	7.5%	7.4%	17.3%	14.8%	10.5%	5.2%

Timeline

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1990

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Component

Cumberland County, ME

Sagadahoc County, ME

York County, ME

Cape Elizabeth town, ME

Casco town, ME

Cumberland town, ME

Falmouth town, ME

Freeport town, ME

Gorham town, ME

Gray town, ME

Long Island town, ME

North Yarmouth town, ME

Portland city, ME

Raymond town, ME

Scarborough town, ME

South Portland city, ME

Standish town, ME

Westbrook city, ME

Windham town, ME

Yarmouth town, ME

Buxton town, ME

Hollis town, ME

Limington town, ME

Old Orchard Beach town, ME

Saco city, ME

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Portland, ME	77,634	*	72,566	*	65,116	*	61,572	*	64,358	*	64,249	*	63,889	*

South Portland, ME	21,866		22,788		23,267		22,712		23,163		23,324		23,742	*

Biddeford, ME	20,836		19,255		19,983		19,638		20,710		20,942		22,072	*



Total	77,634		72,566		65,116		61,572		64,358		64,249		109,703
Metro	119,942		120,655		141,625		183,625		215,281		243,537		512,992
Percent	64.7%		60.1%		46.0%		33.5%		29.9%		26.4%		21.4%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Portland, ME

South Portland, ME

Biddeford, ME

Urban/Rural Population

Urban/rural figures are not available for New England metro areas before 2000


2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			276,157	56.6%
		UA Population		204,402	41.9%
	Rural Population			211,411	43.4%

	Inside Principal Cities			87,573	18.0%
	Outside Principal Cities			399,995	82.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			487,568	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Dover-Rochester, NH-ME		80,456	7,393	9.2%
	Portland, ME		188,080	188,080	100.0%
	Portsmouth, NH-ME		50,912	8,929	17.5%

	Total			204,402


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Portland, ME SMA
-		Cape Elizabeth town (in Cumberland County, ME) included as original SMA component
-		Falmouth town (in Cumberland County, ME) included as original SMA component
-		Portland city (in Cumberland County, ME) included as original SMA component
-		South Portland city (in Cumberland County, ME) included as original SMA component
-		Westbrook city (in Cumberland County, ME) included as original SMA component
-		Portland, ME designated as original central city of new SMA


Oct 1963



-		Cumberland town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Gorham town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Scarborough town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Yarmouth town (in Cumberland County, ME) added


Apr 1973



-		Freeport town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Windham town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Old Orchard Beach town (in York County, ME) added
-		Saco city (in York County, ME) added


Jun 1983



-		Gray town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		North Yarmouth town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Raymond town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Standish town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Buxton town (in York County, ME) added
-		Hollis town (in York County, ME) added
-		Saco city (in York County, ME) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status


Jun 1990



-		Long Island town (in Cumberland County, ME) added


Dec 1992



-		Casco town (in Cumberland County, ME) added
-		Limington town (in York County, ME) added


Jun 2003



-		Counties instead of cities and towns became the basic geographic unit of core based statistical areas in New England
-		Title of Portland, ME MSA changed to Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA
-		Cumberland County, ME included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Sagadahoc County, ME included as original county component of Metro Area
-		York County, ME included as original county component of Metro Area
-		South Portland, ME designated as principal city of Metro Area


Dec 2003



-		Title of Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA changed to Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metro Area in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA
-		Biddeford, ME designated as principal city of Metro Area

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